'A first-rate study' The Tablet 'Brennan clearly shows it is impossible to understand Greene's work without appreciating his faith, however unconventional that faith may have been' Church of England Newspaper 'A brilliant contribution to our understanding of a complicated man and author.' Methodist Recorder ‘Brennan offers a concise and well-researched study that focusses on the centrality of religion in ... Read moreGreene's fictions, weaving together how the conflict between faith and doubt, hope and despair and love and betrayal inspired his intellectual life and creativity.'
English Studies ‘Although Graham Greene was widely acclaimed as a Catholic writer, he preferred to regard himself as a writer who happened to be a Catholic. In this enlightening study Michael Brennan shows how, throughout his long career, Greene's literary imagination was pervaded by themes, images and situations drawn from Catholicism, and not only in the works where he deals with overtly Catholic subjects.' - Bernard Bergonzi, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Warwick, UK 'Tracing Greene's development in careful detail, Brennan's analysis reveals the ways in which religious and literary preoccupations play off against and mutually inform one another: an important reassessment of a fascinating writer.' The Scotsman  'Brennan validates the previously negative assertion that Greene used Catholicism for ... literary ends [and] demonstrates what made Greene such an important figure' The Catholic Herald ‘Brennan's scholarly study manages to ensure that people of all faiths, and none, will be able to read Greene through new eyes and better understand his paradoxical relationship with Catholicism.' The Irish Times ‘Brennan's monograph is short, lucid and convincing ... It would be a pity to be excommunicated from the full meanings of Greene's fiction. Brennan's treatise will help even non-Catholics to get there.' The Financial Times Show Less