Heart of the Matter: Review
In The Heart of the Matter, Graham Greene takes a fundamentally ordinary decent man down a path that leads to spiritual conflict and despair. Henry Scobie is an assistant police commissioner stationed...
View ArticleRevealed – results of Classics Club Spin #4:
Graham Greene The roulette wheel for the Classics Club spin-along finished with the ball landing on number 10.Which means I will be reading The Power and the Glory by Grahame Greene. Phew! I said...
View ArticleThe Power and the Glory by Graham Greene: Book Review
In what many experts consider Graham Greene’s masterpiece, a human drama is played out against a background of opposing idealogies. The Power and the Glory chronicles the struggle by a Catholic priest...
View ArticleArmchair BEA 2014 kick off: introductions
This year’s Book Expo America kicks off today but since I can’t make it across the Atlantic for the in person event, I’ll have to content myself with joining in the armchair version. I’ll be in good...
View ArticleFrom Austen to Forster in six steps
It’s time for another round of Six Degrees of Separation hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best and for once I have read the starting book in the chain. For anyone unfamiliar with Six...
View ArticleThe Human Factor by Graham Greene
The Human Factor is a novel about a very ordinary, almost nondescript, man who makes his living in the shady world of espionage. It’s not your typical spy novel however. Clandestine meetings, secret...
View ArticleRevealed: My 8 Most Frequently Read Authors
I’m not a big reader of series so it’s been a challenge to reach the magical 10 for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic: Authors I’ve Read the Most Books By. Maybe I made it too difficult by setting a...
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