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'The only book I have ever written just for the fun of it' Graham Greene

Greene proves a wonderful storyteller in this hilarious tale of the eccentricity of families and the pomposity of the middle class.

Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, his dahlias and the Major next door to travel her way, Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, a veteran of Europe's hotel bedrooms, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society: mixing with hippies, war criminals, CIA men; smoking pot, breaking all the currency regulations and eventually coming alive after a dull suburban life.

In Travels With My Aunt Graham Greene not only gives us intoxicating entertainment but also confronts us with some of the most perplexing of human dilemmas.

©1969 Graham Greene (P)2025 Penguin Audio Classics Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Witty Funny
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I had not read this book before but it has all the Graeme Green trademarks. Superb characters, mystery and questions unanswered until the end, the nonchalant acknowledgment of other worlds and cultures, and in this novel the theme of old age and its benefits if grasped properly! Too many good things about this book. Read, enjoy and bask in the world of Graeme Greene.

Master Story Teller

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Loved the voice characterisation. Amusing with some laugh out loud moments. Well written, well paced. Graham Greene at his best.

The humour.

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Tim Piggot Smith an Graham Green never disappoint. A great reading of a unique sto book.

Wonderful and bizarre.

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