Greene, Graham 1904-1991

The power and the glory by Graham Greene ( Book )
472 editions published between 1940 and 2011 in 26 languages and held by 4,517 libraries worldwide
The last priest in a poor section of North Mexico where the Red Shirts have outlawed God finds himself a hero despite himself.

The quiet American by Graham Greene ( Book )
286 editions published between 1955 and 2010 in 30 languages and held by 4,080 libraries worldwide
Fowler, a seasoned foreign correspondent, intervenes as the young Pyle begins to channel economic aid to a 'Third Force,' "but Fowler's motives for intervening are suspect, both to the police and to himself: for Pyle has robbed him of his Vietnamese mistress."--Penguin pbk. cover.

The heart of the matter by Graham Greene ( Book )
278 editions published between 1918 and 2011 in 26 languages and held by 4,062 libraries worldwide
Set in West Africa, this is the story of Scobie, an assistant police commissioner, and his personal and professional corruption.

The human factor by Graham Greene ( Book )
142 editions published between 1978 and 2009 in 23 languages and held by 3,728 libraries worldwide
Officials of a British intelligence agency decide to kill an agent they suspect has been betraying them, unaware that another agent is a more likely suspect.

Travels with my aunt : a novel by Graham Greene ( Book )
129 editions published between 1969 and 2010 in 21 languages and held by 3,683 libraries worldwide
Aunt Augusta, in her late 70's embroils her bachelor nephew, an utterly respectable, dahlia-growing, retired bank manager, in a series of wild escapades. The action moves from London, across the European continent to Istanbul, and ends in Paraguay. Most of the characters are from Aunt Augusta's somewhat murky past, although there are contemporary figures as a CIA agent and his hippie daughter, and Wordsworth from Sierra Leone, who lives with Aunt Augusta as her valet.

The honorary consul by Graham Greene ( Book )
128 editions published between 1973 and 2011 in 21 languages and held by 3,648 libraries worldwide
Relates the story of the politically motivated kidnapping of Charlie Fortnum, a minor British functionary in Argentina.

The comedians by Graham Greene ( Book )
177 editions published between 1965 and 2011 in 25 languages and held by 3,582 libraries worldwide
"'The Comedians' is set in Haiti, where terror rides and death comes frequently and swiftly in the night. It is a story of passion and adventure, hope and disillusion. With alternating comedy, irony, and grim violence, Greene weaves these lives [of the characters] in a pattern of mounting suspense."

The end of the affair by Graham Greene ( Book )
181 editions published between 1951 and 2009 in 24 languages and held by 3,428 libraries worldwide
Account of a hate bred of a passion that ultimately lost out to God.

A burnt-out case by Graham Greene ( Book )
120 editions published between 1941 and 2007 in 24 languages and held by 3,142 libraries worldwide
Querry is assigned to a leper colony on the upper reaches of the Congo, run by a doctor as lacking in faith as he is himself.

Brighton rock by Graham Greene ( Book )
303 editions published between 1937 and 2011 in 22 languages and held by 3,095 libraries worldwide
Set in Brighton among the criminal rabble, the story depicts the tragic career of a 17 year-old boy named Pinkie whose primary ambition is to lead a gang to rival that of the wealthy and established Calleoni.