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The Confidential Agent: An Entertainment (Vintage Classics)
Graham Greene
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Description for The Confidential Agent: An Entertainment (Vintage Classics)
Paperback. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a confidential agent, D is a scarred stranger in a seemingly casual England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, D becomes a hunted man. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198.
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY IAN RANKIN
‘In a class by himself...the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man’s consciousness and anxiety’ William Golding
In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a government agent, D is a scarred stranger in England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, held responsible for the death of a young woman, D becomes a hunted man, tormented by allegiances, doubts ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
VINTAGE CLASSICS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099286196
SKU
V9780099286196
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About Graham Greene
Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for ... Read more
Reviews for The Confidential Agent: An Entertainment (Vintage Classics)
'In a class by himself...the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-centuryman's consciousness and anxiety' William Golding 'The most ingenious, inventive and exciting of our novelists, rich in exactly etched and moving portraits of real human beings...the tragic and comic ironies of love, loyalty and belief'
V. S. Pritchett
The Times
'A superb storyteller...he had a talent for depicting local ... Read more
V. S. Pritchett
The Times
'A superb storyteller...he had a talent for depicting local ... Read more