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Graham Greene

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Graham Greene (1904–1991) was an English novelist, journalist, critic and screenwriter whose work explored political conflict, religious faith, betrayal and moral compromise. He worked for The Times, became literary editor of The Spectator and served with British intelligence during the Second World War. Although Greene rejected being described solely as a Catholic novelist, his conversion to Roman Catholicism strongly influenced books such as Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Heart of the Matter and The End of the Affair.

Many of Greene’s novels were set amid contemporary political crises and drew upon his extensive travels through Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Quiet American examines colonialism and American involvement in Vietnam, The Comedians depicts dictatorship in Haiti, and Our Man in Havana satirises espionage in revolutionary Cuba. He also wrote the screenplay and novella The Third Man, set in divided post-war Vienna. His combination of suspense, international settings and morally conflicted characters made him one of the most influential British novelists of the twentieth century.

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Cold War and Post-war Era1945–present Great Depression1929–1939 CE Interwar Period1918–1939 CE Long Nineteenth Century1789–1914 CE Nazi Germany1933–1945 Post-war Britain1945–1963 CE Soviet Era1922–1991 CE Spanish Civil War1936–1939 CE The Blitz1940–1941 CE Vietnam War1955–1975 CE Wartime and Post-war London1939–1947 World War II1939–1945 CE

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