Dziesiąty Człowiek
by:
Graham Greene (author)
ISBN:
9788321109053 (8321109055)
Publish date: 1987
Publisher: Instytut Wydawn. Pax
Pages no: 93
Edition language: Polski
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
War,
Modern,
World War II,
Suspense
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This book you have to read for yourself. It has a great underlying suspense throughout the story that makes it a good thriller. The plot is well thought of and is even better worked out. Nothing unnecessary about things being told, but every detail in the story has his place for a reason. ...
Kind of a lost Greene novella written as a film treatment. A rich man bribes a poor man to take his place for execution and then must live with his guilt and the consequences of his cowardice.