- Fiction, Intelligence service, Black Comedy, Working class
Wormold's daughter had reached an expensive age - so he accepted a mysterious Englishman's offer of extra income. All he has to do is run agents, file reports, and spy. But his fake reports have an alarming tendency to come true.
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Cool, classical in form, comic and effortless.
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Graham Greene
- First published
- 1958
- Pages
- 246
- Publisher
- Uitgeverij Contact, Reprint Society, Heinemann Educational Publishers
- Editions
- 87
- Language
- cat, fin, Dutch, Italian
- ISBN
- 9780783897578
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“'THAT nigger going down the street,'said Dr Hasselbacher standing in the Wonder Bar, 'he reminds me of you, Mr Wormold.'”
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. *The Power and the Glory* won the 1941 Hawthornden Prize and *The Heart of the Matter* won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the B
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