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Graham Greene Centenary: October 2, 2004

abstract:October 2, 2004, marks the centenary of one of the twentieth century’s most important literary figures: Graham Greene. In volume three, Norman Sherry brings this magisterial biography—twenty-seven years in the making—to a close. Catch up on all things Greene...

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September 30, 2004 — Graham Greene fans will undoubtedly want to celebrate the centennial of his birth by stacking copies of his wonderful books (listed at bottom) at their bedside, and plowing through the lot over the course of this month. Eight of the best novels are to be republished in Britain by Vintage on October 7th, with introductions by contemporary authors, including J.M. Coetzee, Paul Theroux and Zadie Smith. So many titles have been made into movies, most recently The Quiet American, that we've listed the links to the films as well.

Further Links

Visit these websites for more news, information and articles.

• Centenary Website : for celebration details on the author's life and works and tributes by notable writers of today. 
• BBC Interviews with Graham Greene: fascinating accounts of his most personal life issues: his battle with manic depression, his thoughts on religion and the afterlife, his addiction to opium in the Indochine years...
• Guardian article by Zadie Smith: "The greatest journalist there ever was."
• "Greeneland": Fan website with biography and book summaries.
• The British Film Institute's definitive guide to Greene Films and TV

The Biographic Trilogy

• The Life of Graham Greene, Volume Three: 1955-1991, Viking Books (2004) by Norman Sherry.  Just released in time for the centenary, this is a must read.

Mr Sherry dogedly visits the locations of all of Greene's novels written after 1955. This takes him to the source of some of the author's best work. Sherry shows Greene at the height of his fame, in the company of other literary luminaries such as T. S. Eliot, Evelyn Waugh, Ian Fleming, and Noël Coward.

Through unparalleled access to letters, to diaries, and to Greene himself, Sherry reveals with insight and eloquence Greene’s obsessions, his complicated religious feelings, and most significantly, his art. This volume, with its wealth of new and surprising details, brings to a close what Margaret Atwood called "the definitive biography." 

• The Life of Graham Greene:1939-1935 Volume II
• The Life of Graham Greene: 1901-1934 Volume I 

Greene's Books

• The Man Within, 1929
• Stamboul Train, 1932
• The Brighton Rock, 1938
• The Confidential Agent, 1939
• The Power and the Glory, 1940
• The Heart of the Matter, 1948
• The Third Man, 1949 (film link) 1949
• The End of the Affair, 1951 (film link) 1999
• The Quiet American, 1955 (film link) 2003
• Our Man in Havana, 1958
• The Comedians, 1966
• Travels with my Aunt, 1969 (film link) 1972
• The Honorary Consul, 1973
• The Human Factor, 1978 stayed on the NYT bestseller list for 6 months.

Other BookBuffet Articles On Greene

• BookBuffet Events Calendar Entry: Graham Greene
• Book Browsing Vienna: with information on Greene's "Third Man".
• September 2003 Books to Film