The Comedians - format ePub

UPDATED AND EDITED WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY JUDITH ADAMSONWhether reporting from the London cinema, Cotswolds villages, second-hand bookshops, war zones or political trouble spots, Graham Greene's novelistic...

Raven is a ruthless assassin, a hired killer, whose cold-blooded murder of the Minister for War will have violent repercussions across Europe. As the nation prepares for battle, Raven goes on the run,...

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY IAN RANKIN‘In a class by himself...the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man’s consciousness and anxiety’ William GoldingIn a small continental country civil war is raging....

In 1938 Graham Greene was commissioned to visit Mexico to discover the state of the country and its people in the aftermath of the brutal anti-clerical purges of President Calles. His journey took him...

A collection of four stories comprising ` Under The Garden' (A short novel); `A Visit to the Morin'; Dream of a Strange Land' and `A Discovery in the Woods'. In these four stories Graham Greene, one of...

Discover Graham Greene’s blackly comic and timely espionage thriller, set amid the vice and squalor of pre-revolutionary Havana.‘British Intelligence being sent up something rotten’ Daily Telegraph Wormold...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUXThree men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt 'Papa Doc' and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. Brown the hotelier, Smith...

Set in a world that has lost the comfort of national identity and individualism, this is a powerful and unusual love story told by one of the 20th century's greatest writers.Anthony Farrant is back home...

The Living Room. The Potting Shed. The Complaisant Lover. Carving a Statue. The Return of A. J. Raffles. The Great Jowett. Yes and No. For Whom the Bell Chimes.In these eight plays Graham Greene, one...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALIThe love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off....

To Graham Greene, 'Africa will always be the Africa of the Victorian atlas, the blank unexplored continent the shape of the human heart.' IN SEARCH OF A CHARACTER contains two African notebooks: Congo...

Im Januar 1935 reiste Graham Greene von Liverpool aus nach Westafrika, um auf dem Fußweg Liberia zu durchqueren. Europa hatte er nie zuvor verlassen, und er gab unumwunden zu, ein absoluter Amateur in...

Graham Greene's 'long journey through time' began in 1904, when he was born into a tribe of Greenes based in Berkhamstead at the public school where his father was headmaster. In A Sort of Life Greene...

With superb skill and feeling, Graham Greene retraces the experiences and encounters of his extraordinary life. His restlessness is legendary; as if seeking out danger, Greene travelled to Haiti during...

A celebrated collection of stories from one of the most important British writers of the twentieth century. Features Greene's most famous short story, 'The Destructors'.Written between 1929 and 1954,...

Quand Deux hommes en un paraît en 1929, Graham Greene a vingt-quatre ans et c’est son premier roman publié – le succès sera immédiat et lancera sa carrière d’écrivain. Dans cette sombre histoire de contrebandiers...

Lorsque Arthur Rowe gagne un gâteau lors d’une étrange tombola, il est loin de se douter que sa vie est désormais menacée. On est à Londres, pendant le Blitz, et survivre n’est pas de tout repos, surtout...

Maurice Bendrix s'éprend au premier regard de Sarah, l'épouse de Henry Miles, un haut fonctionnaire. Ils entament une relation passionnée à l'été 1939, qui s'achève brutalement lorsqu'un obus frappe la...

" Le plus généreux et le plus aimable roman de Greene depuis Voyages avec ma tante. Dans Monsignor Quichotte, il invite – plutôt qu'il ne convoque – le lecteur à partager un humble festin. " The New York...

Ultime roman de Graham Greene, Le Capitaine et l'Ennemi forme une sorte de testament littéraire du grand romancier, l'un des plus considérables de la littérature britannique du XXe siècle. Testament dans...

" Excitantes par la variété des thèmes traités et de leur style, ces nouvelles constituent une sorte de fidèle échantillonnage de l'oeuvre entière de Graham Greene. " Isabelle D. Philippe Si Graham Greene...

C'est dans ses innombrables et incessants déplacements que Graham Greene, voyageur, homme d'action et d'écriture, a puisé le matériau et l'atmosphère si souvent exotiques de ses romans. Dans Notre agent...

""Depuis l'époque où, jeune recrue, il était entré dans la "Boîte', il y avait de cela plus de trente ans, Castle prenait son déjeuner dans un pub situé derrière Saint James's Street, non loin du bureau....

" Je rencontrai ma tante Augusta pour la première fois en plus d'un demi-siècle aux obsèques de ma mère. Ma mère avait près de quatre-vingt-six ans à sa mort ; ma tante était sa cadette de quelque onze...

" Excitantes par la variété des thèmes traités et de leur style, ces nouvelles constituent une sorte de fidèle échantillonnage de l'oeuvre entière de Graham Greene. " Isabelle D. Philippe Si Graham Greene...

Mais qui est donc l'étrange docteur Fischer, cet homme qui organise dans sa somptueuse demeure genevoise des réceptions pour lesquelles plus d'un hôte serait prêt à se damner ? C'est qu'il est riche,...

'The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American' Ian McEwan, Sunday Times bestselling author of LessonsInto the intrigue and violence of 1950s Saigon comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic...

A gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinean town, considered to be one of Greene's finest novels.In a provincial Argentinian community, Charley Fortnum - a British consul...

This play produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company has as its chief characters A. J. Raffles, the literary creation some seventy odd years ago of E. W. Hornung. The cool daring of the impeccable Amateur...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORIn a prison in Occupied France during the Second World War, the order is given that every tenth inmate is to be executed. Louis Chavel, a rich lawyer, draws the short...

Not all that glitters is gold. Elora is learning that the people she's living with might be keeping secrets. Dangerous ones.Even though she's scared of being alone, Elora knows she has to leave. Oscar,...

Alicia Stone has always lived up to her name: unbreakable. As the daughter of a general and a Special Forces consultant with black belts in three martial arts, she's fought her way to the top in a world...

Multiple 5-Star Reviews on Reader's Favorite!Joshua Ryan is a disgraced lawyer in desperate need of redemption, and one case could turn everything around.When Rabbi Carl Rubin's wife is found strangled,...

From the pen of a multiple award-winning author comes this collection of stories about love, loss, religion, murder, memory, and mystery. In "Midnight Shift", a pair of doctors seeking intimacy instead...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books'When I decide to escape I shall want nobody’s assistance.’ In this thrilling collection, we meet Arsène Lupin, a brilliant, alluring master of disguise...

What would killing him accomplish? Nothing, mostly.Then again, neither would letting him live.When Hester is diagnosed with cancer on her fortieth birthday, she knows immediately what she must do: abandon...

A GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, FINANCIAL TIMES, BBC, TIME, VOGUE, MARIE CLAIRE, ESQUIRE and ROLLING STONE BOOK TO READ IN 2025'An original' RACHEL KUSHNER'Gorgeously disquieting' HERNAN DIAZ'One of our most brilliant...

A Financial Thriller from London to Lagos, Dakar and the Shadows of Global ElitesWhen a former waiter turned trader sets out to destroy a corrupt pharmaceutical empire, he triggers a silent war in the...

A Frida Lorne krimisorozat 7. kötete. Litvin professzort aggasztja, hogy az általa vezetett Agykutató Centrum egyik vendége váratlan hirtelenséggel elhalálozott. Bár nem sok jel utal rá, hogy súlyos bűncselekményt...

Stalked to the Altar is a chilling psychological thriller story about obsession, lies, and a woman who will do anything to get the man she wants—even if it means destroying someone else.For ten years,...

Zhou Xuan resurrected as the young boss of the Zhou Clan, but was involved in many strange events. First, he encountered a ghost baby in Luo Yingtang, and then he discovered the bizarre death of Mr. Dai...

Zhou Xuan resurrected as the young boss of the Zhou Clan, but was involved in many strange events. First, he encountered a ghost baby in Luo Yingtang, and then he discovered the bizarre death of Mr. Dai...

Dear Dad: A fast-paced psychological thriller with shocking revelations is a gripping, emotionally charged novel that plunges readers into the haunting journey of Elliot Hart, a grieving son who uncovers...

A deserted island. A deadly storm. A fight for survival.What began as a luxurious tropical escape quickly transforms into a nightmare. Marooned on a remote island after a devastating shipwreck, the family...

March, 1987Ossett, West YorkshireA quaint facade of Maypole parades and flower shows masks a labyrinth of deceit and betrayal, clandestine affairs and buried truths.A harbinger of dark daysReturning to...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

The most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories, Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.A...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

‘Addictive. A first-class page-turner.’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Can the past ever be forgotten? As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange,...

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina...

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again..." Ancient, beautiful Manderley, between the rose garden and the sea, is the county's showpiece. Rebecca made it so - even a year after her death, Rebecca's...

The first thriller in the Mickey Bolitar series, now airing as an original series on Amazon Prime. Bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix show Fool Me Once, Harlan Coben brings us a shocking...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Let there be spaces in your togetherness,And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.’...

Welcome to the quaint town of Ledstow, where magic whispers through the trees and secrets linger in every shadow. When a shocking murder rocks the musical community, Esther finds herself entangled in...

A bloodless corpse and a stranger in town. It's happening again.Terror returns to Dante's Hallow. Nicholas Harwood and his unlikely group of companions, both the living and the dead, must find a way to...

Danger Abroad is the 12th novel in Terry Odell's popular Blackthorne, Inc. romantic suspense series. With the ups, downs, twists, and turns of a roller coaster, you'll want to hop on and join the ride.When...

Welcome to Carabas, where cats and dogs live together—but harmony comes at a price.Searching for his missing Siamese girlfriend Moira, feline journalist Julius Kyle bravely ventures beyond the city he...