The Heart Of The Matter

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 children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.

Title: The Heart Of The Matter

Author: Graham Greene

ISBN: 9780099478423

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Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Publication Date: 2004-10-07

Number of Pages: 288

Weight: 0.1996 kg

Primarily a novel about the moral consequences of religious belief, but it is almost as importantly a novel about colonialism * Independent *
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Here is this man who can represent ordinary life, ordinary troubles, and make them exciting to read about -- Shirley Hazzard * Guardian *