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Graham Greene (1) [1904–1991]

This page covers the author of The Quiet American.

For other authors named Graham Greene, see the disambiguation page.

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Born in 1904, Graham Greene was the son of a headmaster and the fourth of six children. Preferring to stay home and read rather than endure the teasing at school that was a by-product of his father's occupation, Greene attempted suicide several times and eventually dropped out of school at the age of 15. His parents sent him to an analyst in London who recommended he try writing as therapy. He completed his first novel by the time he graduated from college in 1925. Greene wrote both entertainments and serious novels. Catholicism was a recurring theme in his work, notable examples being The Power and the Glory (1940) and The End of the Affair (1951). Popular suspense novels include: The Heart of the Matter, Our Man in Havana and The Quiet American. Greene was also a world traveler and he used his experiences as the basis for many books. One popular example, Journey Without Maps (1936), was based on a trip through the jungles of Liberia. Greene also wrote and adapted screenplays, including that of the 1949 film, The Third Man, which starred Orson Welles. He died in Vevey, Switzerland in 1991. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Quiet American… (more)
The Quiet American 7,673 copies, 175 reviews
The Power and the Glory 7,371 copies, 119 reviews
The End of the Affair 6,237 copies, 166 reviews
Our Man in Havana 5,109 copies, 130 reviews
Brighton Rock 4,967 copies, 111 reviews
The Heart of the Matter 4,863 copies, 84 reviews
Travels with My Aunt 3,585 copies, 61 reviews
The Human Factor 3,110 copies, 38 reviews
The Comedians 2,577 copies, 43 reviews
The Honorary Consul 2,043 copies, 27 reviews
The Third Man 2,018 copies, 67 reviews
A Burnt-Out Case 1,804 copies, 25 reviews
Stamboul Train 1,754 copies, 42 reviews
Monsignor Quixote 1,572 copies, 27 reviews
The Ministry of Fear 1,550 copies, 27 reviews
The Tenth Man 1,303 copies, 25 reviews
A Gun for Sale 1,108 copies, 23 reviews
The Confidential Agent 1,107 copies, 16 reviews
The Third Man and The Fallen Idol 1,062 copies, 27 reviews
England Made Me 822 copies, 10 reviews
The Captain and the Enemy 807 copies, 13 reviews
Journey Without Maps 724 copies, 13 reviews
A Sort of Life 636 copies, 6 reviews
Twenty-One Stories 599 copies, 9 reviews
Ways of Escape 579 copies, 6 reviews
May We Borrow Your Husband? 579 copies, 5 reviews
The Man Within 553 copies, 13 reviews
Complete Short Stories 428 copies, 2 reviews
It's a Battlefield 426 copies, 4 reviews
Loser Takes All 422 copies, 10 reviews
The Lawless Roads 419 copies, 7 reviews
Collected Short Stories 405 copies, 4 reviews
Getting to Know the General 360 copies, 6 reviews
The Spy's Bedside Book 337 copies, 1 review
The Portable Graham Greene 257 copies, 4 reviews
Collected Essays 252 copies, 2 reviews
A Sense of Reality 233 copies, 2 reviews
Under the Garden 227 copies, 7 reviews
The Last Word and Other Stories 224 copies, 6 reviews
Three Entertainments 153 copies, 3 reviews
The Third Man (Screenplay) 123 copies, 2 reviews
No Man's Land 110 copies, 4 reviews
Graham Greene: A Life in Letters 109 copies, 3 reviews
A World of My Own 102 copies, 1 review
Reflections 91 copies, 1 review
Victorian Villainies (Editor) 91 copies, 2 reviews
The little train 74 copies, 1 review
Fallen Idol 71 copies, 1 review
The Destructors 51 copies, 2 reviews
The Little Horse Bus 49 copies, 2 reviews
Our Man in Havana [1959 film] 48 copies, 1 review
J'Accuse 43 copies
The Little Steamroller 43 copies, 1 review
The End of the Party 40 copies, 8 reviews
The Living Room 40 copies, 2 reviews
Great Modern Short Novels (Contributor) 38 copies, 1 review
The Return of A.J. Raffles 37 copies, 2 reviews
Collected Plays 33 copies
Triple Pursuit! 27 copies
La defensa 19 copies, 2 reviews
Alle verhalen 16 copies
Three Plays 13 copies
Stories from six authors (Contributor) 11 copies, 1 review
Nouvelles 8 copies
Romanzi 6 copies
Erzählungen 4 copies
Obras 4 copies
Regények 4 copies
Cinco novelas 3 copies
Essais 3 copies
Obras 1 2 copies
A Shocking Accident 2 copies, 1 review
Beauty 2 copies
Eleven 1 copy
NARRATIVA COMPLETA (6) 1 copy, 1 review
Monsignor Quixote [radio play] (Original author) 1 copy
Yes and No 1 copy
Une partie de campagne 1 copy, 1 review
The Best of Saki (Editor, some editions) 546 copies, 9 reviews
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (Contributor) 478 copies, 8 reviews
The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (Contributor) 410 copies, 2 reviews
The Penguin Book of English Short Stories (Contributor) 407 copies, 4 reviews
My Silent War: The Autobiography of a Spy (Foreword, some editions) 331 copies, 10 reviews
The Third Man [1949 film] (Screenwriter) 318 copies, 6 reviews
The Green Child (Introduction, some editions) 317 copies, 6 reviews
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder (Contributor) 316 copies, 2 reviews
The Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories (Contributor) 293 copies, 1 review
Bad Trips (Contributor) 225 copies, 6 reviews
Autobiography of a Hunted Priest (Introduction, some editions) 200 copies, 4 reviews
The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (Contributor) 184 copies, 3 reviews
The Book of Spies. An Anthology of Literary Espionage (Contributor) 165 copies, 5 reviews
Miss Silver's Past (Preface, some editions) 147 copies, 2 reviews
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (Contributor) 141 copies, 1 review
Short Stories from the Strand (Contributor) 131 copies, 1 review
The Oxford Book of Villains (Contributor) 131 copies
Strange Tales From the Strand (Contributor) 107 copies, 2 reviews
Granta 17: While Waiting for a War (Contributor) 78 copies
Great Spy Stories From Fiction (Contributor, some editions) 72 copies
The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories (Contributor) 71 copies, 2 reviews
The Quiet American [2002 film] (Original story) 67 copies, 3 reviews
The End of the Affair [1999 film] (Original book) 66 copies
The Penguin Classic Crime Omnibus (Contributor) 53 copies
This Gun For Hire [1942 film] (Orginal book) 51 copies
Ministry of Fear [1944 film] (Original book) 51 copies, 1 review
Strangeness (Contributor) 49 copies
The Mists from Beyond (Contributor) 47 copies
The Heritage of British Literature (Contributor, some editions) 44 copies
To Catch a Spy: An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories (Contributor, some editions; Contributor) 42 copies
Brighton Rock [1947 film] (Original book) 39 copies, 1 review
The Lucifer Society (Contributor) 36 copies, 1 review
The Killing Spirit : An Anthology of Murder for Hire (Contributor) 33 copies, 2 reviews
Went the Day Well? [1942 film] (Short story) 28 copies, 2 reviews
London Tales of Terror (Contributor) 27 copies
Great Short Stories of the World (Contributor) 23 copies
The Fallen Idol [1948 film] (Short story; Screenwriter) 22 copies, 1 review
The Best Horror Stories (Contributor) 21 copies
Papa Doc & the Tonton Macoutes (Foreword, some editions) 19 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers (Contributor) 19 copies
A bibliography of Arthur Conan Doyle (Foreword) 18 copies, 2 reviews
Mortal Echoes: Encounters With the End (Contributor) 16 copies, 1 review
The Penguin New Writing No. 30 (Contributor) 14 copies
All verdens fortellere (Contributor, some editions) 14 copies, 1 review
Mehr Morde (Contributor) 13 copies
Classic Crime Short Stories (Contributor) 13 copies
31 Stories (Contributor) 12 copies, 2 reviews
The Quiet American [1958 film] (Original story) 12 copies
Travels with My Aunt [1972 film] (Original book) 11 copies
Growing Up Stories (Contributor) 11 copies
Oxford and Oxfordshire in Verse (Contributor) 11 copies
The Haunted and the Haunters (Contributor) 10 copies
Best modern short stories (Contributor) 8 copies
Griezelverhalen 2 (Contributor) 8 copies
African sketchbook (Preface) 7 copies
Dark Lessons: Crime and Detection on Campus (Contributor) 7 copies, 1 review
Top Teen Stories (Contributor) 6 copies
Tredive mesterfortællinger (Author, some editions) 3 copies, 1 review
Child's Ploy (Contributor) 3 copies
Mexico reisverhalen (Contributor) 2 copies
Wrongteous (Contributor) 2 copies
Enjoying Stories (Contributor) 2 copies
This Gun for Hire [1991 TV movie] (Original novel) 2 copies
Eight European Artists (Introduction) 1 copy
Missing From Their Homes (Contributor) 1 copy
Introduction to Fiction (Contributor) 1 copy

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