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Twenty-two of Greene's very best stories are collected here, each of them bearing the hallmark themes that characterise his great novels: innocence and vengeance, love and hate, pity and violence. Writer and Greene aficionado, Yiyun Li, has arranged the stories into pairs, to be read together in contrast or in harmony – as a duel or a duet.

En 1946, en un Londres en el que todavía se perciben las heridas de la guerra, Maurice Bendrix se encuentra por casualidad con el diplomático Henry Miles, a quien no veía desde hacía tiempo. Henry está casado con Sarah, con quien Maurice había tenido un affaire durante la guerra. Cuando Henry le confiesa que sospecha que Sarah le es infiel, será Maurice, empujado por la curiosidad y los celos, quien decida contratar a un detective privado para averiguar la verdad.

Saïgon, début des années 1950. Thomas Fowler, journaliste britannique usé par les conflits et les illusions perdues, observe le monde à distance, persuadé que la lucidité peut tenir lieu de morale. L’arrivée d’Alden Pyle, Américain sincère et idéaliste, va fissurer cet équilibre...

A retired London bank manager is yanked out of the suburbs by his eccentric aunt for a "cheerfully irreverent" romp across Europe (The Guardian). Now that the dullish Henry Pulling has left his job with an agreeable pension and a firm handshake, he plans to spend more time weeding his dahlias...

During a demonstration in Hyde Park, Communist bus driver Jim Drover acts on instinct to protect his wife by stabbing to death the policeman set to strike her down. Sentenced to hang—whether as a martyr, tool, or murderer—Drover accepts his lot, unaware that the ramifications for the crime, and the battle for his reprieve, are inflaming political unrest in an increasingly divided city. But Drover's single, impulsive act is also upending the lives of the people he loves and trusts.

Whether reporting from the London cinema, Cotswolds villages, second-hand bookshops, war zones or political trouble spots, Graham Greene's novelistic gifts for detail, drama and compassionate curiosity provide unique and resonant insights into his life and times. To know war on any continent, listen to ‘A Memory of Indo-China’; to glimpse high political chicanery, listen to ‘The Great Spectacular’; to feel the flush and aftermath of revolutionary change, take up his pieces about Cuba.

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

La cercanía a Dios a través del pecado. Un sacerdote que ha caído en el vicio se encuentra en medio de una violenta revolución en un país latinoamericano. Característica de los revolucionarios es su tendencia atea y de repente el sacerdote, a pesar de sus vicios, se encuentra en el dilema que le permitirá volver a sus creencias.

Vietnam, 1952: Der Reporter Thomas Fowler berichtet für die Londoner "Times" aus Saigon. Das Land steckt in einer schweren politischen Krise...

Wien nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, der Schwarzmarkt blüht. Der Autor Rollo Martins kommt in die Stadt, um seinen Jugendfreund Harry Lime zu besuchen, der sich mittlerweile als Schieber verdingt. Als Martins eintrifft, ist sein Freund tot. Angeblich wurde er Opfer eines Autounfalls. Eine Erklärung, die Martins skeptisch macht. Er beginnt nachzuforschen, und immer wieder kreuzt dabei ein ominöser dritter Mann seine Wege.

Francis Andrews has spent years drifting between smuggling crews and bad decisions, convincing himself he doesn't belong anywhere. When a failed smuggling operation leaves him hunted by former allies and forced into hiding, he finds refuge in an unlikely place: a small rural community where trust is hard-earned and redemption seems impossible. As Andrews begins to form real connections—especially with a woman who sees more in him than he believes exists—he's forced to confront the battle between the man he has been and the man he could become.

Rollo Martins, scrittore di western dozzinali, subito dopo la guerra va a Vienna, una città in condizioni disperate, divisa in zone sotto il controllo dei quattro Alleati. Lo ha invitato, perché scriva un servizio giornalistico, il suo miglior amico, Harry Lime. Solo che lo trova morto, o almeno partecipa al suo funerale. Qui incontra un funzionario di Scotland Yard, Calloway, il quale, con i suoi sospetti infamanti, sospinge Rollo a indagare sulla fine dell'amico. L'incontro con l'ex fidanzata di Harry complica la sua ricerca, e spunta un'ombra: un terzo uomo, la chiave di tutto.

Graham Greene, lo scrittore spia, scelse il treno per Istanbul, rievocante il fascino luccicante dell'Orient Express, per mettere in azione il suo campionario di tipi umani. I passeggeri del treno di Greene sono uomini e donne in viaggio attraverso l'Europa e attraverso le proprie vite: chi per la prima volta di fronte a una specie di amore, chi alle prese con un ultimo riflesso di idealismo; tutti, però, vittime e carnefici di un cinismo generale.