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  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781407086767
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 160

The Third Man and The Fallen Idol




Graham Greene's tense thriller and the basis for the iconic movie - now rejacketed in a striking and stylish series style

'Graham Greene has wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the top ranks of world literature' John le Carré

The Third Man, Graham Greene's most iconic tale, takes place in post-war Vienna, a 'smashed dreary city' occupied by the four Allied powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless to visit his friend and hero, Harry Lime. But Harry has died in suspicious circumstances, and the police are closing in on his associates...

The Fallen Idol is the chilling story of a small boy caught up in the games that adults play. Left in the care of the butler and his wife whilst his parents go on a fortnight's holiday, Philip realises too late the danger of lies and deceit. But the truth is even deadlier.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IAN THOMSON

  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781407086767
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 160

About the author

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 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.

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Praise for The Third Man and The Fallen Idol

[The Third Man] Graham Greene's typically laconic and mordantly witty fable of crime, deceit and betrayal

Simon Callow, Guardian

The Fallen Idol handles themes of guilt and deception, responsibility and disappointment, with precision, reflecting these adult ideas off an innocent child

Time Out

A master storyteller, one of the first to write in cinematic style with razor-sharp images moving with kinetic force

Newsweek

No serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than did Graham Greene

The Times

Some of his characters the murderous yet repentant Pinkie in Brighton Rock and the mockingly elusive Harry Lime in The Third Man remain so vivid in the public consciousness that they are certain of immortality

Daily Mail