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Complete Short Stories (Penguin Classics)
by Graham Greene
from Penguin Classics

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• Take an insightful trip to Graham Greene land in this collection of his 49 excellent short stories
  Graham Greene is one of the twentieth century's greatest English novelists, essayist and short story authors. Greene is famous for such classic novels as "The Power and the Glory"; "Our Man in Havana"; "The Third Man"; "The End of the Affair"; "The Comedians" and several other stellar works of his genius. Greene (1904-1991) is not as well known for his superb short stories penned over a long literary career. Though a long ago English major in college we were never asked to read one of his amazingly... more info

• They Span Most of the Century, the Globe, and the Genres
  Graham Greene's long life and prolific writing career nearly spanned the twentieth century. Unusually enough, the British author's work was both greatly honored, and greatly popular. He wrote "The Power and the Glory," "The End of the Affair," and "Our Man in Havana," among other noteworthy novels; he also published two short story collections. These stories are all here, dated, at least, from 1929 through 1963. They cover many genres: fantasy, mystery, spy, crime, romance, and are set in many places;... more info

• Deep Writer
  I consider this writer as a mix between Chekov and Gorki, his knowledge of the human soul and his extraordinary way to describe it, makes him one of the most important writers of the 20th century

• Complicated, compelling reading
  This volume contains such a wide range of themes that I don't know how to categorize it. There are stories about faith, stories about childhood, stories about adulthood, science fiction stories, sex farces, horror stories. They're all compelling and beautifully, tastefully written. "Under the Garden," about a dying man tunneling back into his childhood fantasies, has become one of my favorite short stories of all time. It's shocking that such a terrible human being could be so insightful, not just into the... more info

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