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The Confidential Agent

By: Graham Greene
Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
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In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a government agent, D is a scarred stranger in England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, held responsible for the death of a young woman, D becomes a hunted man, tormented by allegiances, doubts and love.

‘In a class by himself...the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man’s consciousness and anxiety’ William Golding

© Graham Greene 1978 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

 Classics Crime Fiction Espionage International Mystery & Crime Mystery Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense
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I liked most of the plot and it’s interesting to see how great novelists of the past wrote.
It was an adventure story covering a short period of time.
There were holes in the story, but I won’t spoil it for any other readers.

Old fashioned novel indicative of it’s era

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