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Raven is an ugly man dedicated to ugly deeds. His cold-blooded killing of a European Minister of War is an act of violence with chilling repercussions, not just for Raven himself but for the nation as a whole.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Graham Greene
- First published
- 1936
- Pages
- 240
- Publisher
- W. Heinemann, Rencontre Lausanne, Huang guan wen hua chu ban yu xian gong si
- Editions
- 66
- Language
- fin, Chinese, Portuguese, dan
- ISBN
- 9780140018967
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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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