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The End of the Affair

By: Graham Greene
Narrated by: Michael Kitchen
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Summary

The novelist Maurice Bendrix's love affair with his best friend's wife, Sarah, had begun in London. One day, without warning, Sarah had broken off the relationship. It seemed impossible that there could be a rival for her heart.
©1979 Graham Greene (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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A Literary Delight

Greene was a truly unique author whose career provided us with a few undeniable classics such as the screenplay for the "The Third Man" and produced many works which continue to be revisited today - with 2011's "Brighton Rock" film a topical example.

In this novel, with echoes of the intensity of Wuthering Heights, Greene gives a truly compelling narrative of the lifeline of a relationship that is both pure and savage at the same time. An excellent reading that captures the soul of a wonderful book that is a must for anyone working their way through modern classics.

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Graham Green at his best

Revisited this after reading book years ago. Audible version well read and lived up to writing. Highly recommended.

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Deliciously bleak with a hint of optimism

What made the experience of listening to The End of the Affair the most enjoyable?

Michael Kitchen's distinct narration style might irritate some people, but it seems like perfect casting to me. He has a tendency to pause mid-thought and then run sentences together, which should be completely dissatisfying. But it's a manner that causes me to listen more intently and digest the prose more completely. Does that make sense? I loved the narration.

Would you recommend The End of the Affair to your friends? Why or why not?

I'd only recommend this to people who have an appetite for the bleak. It's far from unremittingly dark, with surprising touches of optimism and caring just to keep you on your toes. But for those who, like me, enjoy a good wallow in bitterness and misery - it's just the ticket!I enjoyed the characterisation immensely. This is only my second Graham Greene novel but like "Our Man in Havana" this novel has too many amazing plot coincidences for comfort. It didn't diminish my enjoyment though.

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Catholic Guilt

A brilliant performance from Michael Kitchen, his voice resonating with the ambiguous lies of the first person narrative.

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Timeless

What made the experience of listening to The End of the Affair the most enjoyable?

The narration by Michael Kitchen exactly suited the prose and period of this rather melodramatic book. There are large tracts of stream of consciousness within the story - in fact it's very low on action - but he kept me very involved and wanting to know the outcome. I am looking forward to hearing more thought-provoking material from Graham Greene

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Greene Onions

War time and post war London compares and contrasts interestingly with Richard Yates? New York in Revolutionary Road. But the emphasis here is the spiritual life of the individual in the couple rather than an exegesis of the society in which they live. With the physical bombed out and shrouded in fog, Greene?s characters live in the metaphysical - and whilst the claim is of Catholicism, the line into mysticism seems to be crossed to no great satisfaction.
Catholicism in the conventional sense is about families and an exuberant embrace of the polytheistic roll call of saints ? here we are treated to a doctrine of deism, a god lost in the fog, narrow self interest, jealousy and a savage narrow rationalism.
?The End of the Affair? posits a philosophical encounter with convert Catholicism that is uniquely English in tone and approach, which is more entertaining that the narrative. Deep dark reaches of the soul and pulled out and examined ? difficult questions, ?love without joy? ?eternity as the absence of time rather than time without end? but set in a broadly familiar surroundings. In a Latin world would be considered a great classic but narrow English-ness forbids such excess.

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so beautifully read

A wonderful book I keep coming back to, and Michael Kitchen reads it extraordinarily well - as though he inhabits the characters. Perfection!

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First class narrator

The narrator takes a bit of getting used to but overall I thought he was superb

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Love Michael Kitchen as orator!

Would have not downloaded this book were it not for my love of Michael Kitchen’s voice. Not the sort of book I would have looked at previously. It’s a book where not much happens, but so much happens at the same time. Characters were well described and became realistic and believeable as book progressed. Glad to have sampled a book I would not normally have sort out and bothered to actually read. Audible does this book justice.

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Beautifully read

I'm not normally a Graham Greene fan but with Michael Kitchen reading it was a wonderful story.

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