Graham Greene's chilling exposé of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Pinkie, a teenage gangster on the rise, is devoid of compassion or human feeling, despising weakness of both the spirit and the flesh... Zobraziť viac
Raven is an ugly man dedicated to ugly deeds. His cold-blooded killing of the Minister of War is an act of violence with... Zobraziť viac
Graham Greene's first novel to be published represented for the author 'one sentimental gesture towards his won past, the... Zobraziť viac
The love affair between Maurice Bendix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off... Zobraziť viac
For Arthur Rowe, the charity fete was a trip back to childhood, to innocence, a welcome chance to escape the terror of the Blitz, to forget twenty years of his past and a murder. Then he guesses the weight of the cake, and from that moment on he's a hunte Zobraziť viac
Soukromý svět svých snů, vzrušující kroniay "jiného života"... Zobraziť viac
CCV: "'A great writer who spoke brilliantly to a whole generation. Prophet-like' Alec Guinness" Book Description... Zobraziť viac
Described by Graham Greene as "the only book I have written just for the fun of it," Travels with My Aunt is the story of Hanry Pulling, a retired and complacent bank manager who meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time... Zobraziť viac
Scobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to... Zobraziť viac
With Sancho Panza, a deposed Communist mayor, his faithful Rocinate, an antiquated motorcar, Monsignor Quixote roams through... Zobraziť viac
Graham Greene's gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinian town is considered one of his finest. It tells of Charley Fortnum, the 'Honorary Consul'... Zobraziť viac
Tells the chilling story of a small boy caught up in the games that adults play. Left in the care of the butler and his wife whilst his parents go on a fortnight's holiday, Philip realises too late the danger of lies and deceit... Zobraziť viac
A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold... Zobraziť viac
The love affair between Maurice Bendix and Sarah, blourishing in the turbulent times of the London BLitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off... Zobraziť viac
Set in London during and just after World War II, Graham Greene's The End of the Affair is a pathos-laden examination of a three-way collision between love of self, love of another, and love of God. Zobraziť viac
This title is presented with an introduction by J.M. Coetzee. A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the... Zobraziť viac
It is 1941 and bombs have turned London into the front line of a world war. In the shadows of the Blitz, Hitler's agents are running a blackmail operation to obtain documents that could bring the nation to instant defeat. Arthur Rowe, a man... Zobraziť viac
As the Orient Express hurtles across Europe on its three-day journey from Ostend to Constantinople, its voyage binds together the lives of several of its passengers in a fateful interlock. The menagerie of characters includes ... Zobraziť viac
He carried with him the breath of beaches and the leathery smell of a good club. This title comes with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens. Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power cuts... Zobraziť viac
Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village... Zobraziť viac
