Ač nebyl odsouzen, považuje Arthur Rowe sám sebe za vraha, protože nemohl snést utrpení své smrtelně nemocné manželky a urychlil její odchod ze života... Zobraziť viac
The Third Man is Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a city of desolate poverty occupied by four powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless in Vienna to visit his old friend and hero Harry Lime. Harry is dead, but... Zobraziť viac
"Pokusil jsem se, ať třeba neúspěšně, prožít znova bláhovosti a sentimentalitu a extrémy té dávné doby a cítit je tak, jak jsem je pociťoval tehdy... Zobraziť viac
U nás dosud nepublikované dílo britského romanopisce a esejisty Grahama Greena (1904-1991) je strhujícím příběhem... Zobraziť viac
CCV - 'As comical, satirical, atmospherical an"entertainment" as he has given us' - Daily Telegraph. 'No serious writer of this Zobraziť viac
Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam... Zobraziť viac
CCV: 'The most ingenious, inventive and exciting of our novelists, rich in exactly etched and moving portraits of real human... Zobraziť viac
Into the intrigue and violence of 1950s Indo-China comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'... Zobraziť viac
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, to travel to Brighton, ... Zobraziť viac
"This is a record of hate far more than of love," writes Maurice Bendrix in the opening passages of The End of the Affair, and it is a strange hate indeed that compels him to set down the retrospective account of his adulterous affair with Sarah Miles... 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
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
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
CCV: "'A great writer who spoke brilliantly to a whole generation. Prophet-like' Alec Guinness" Book Description... Zobraziť viac
