The Man Within
Graham Greene’s first published novel represented for the author “one sentimental gesture towards his own past, the period of ambition and hope.” It tells the story of Andrews, a young man who has betrayed his fellow smugglers and fears their vengeance. The Man Within offers a foretaste of...
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Graham Greene’s first published novel represented for the author “one sentimental gesture towards his own past, the period of ambition and hope.” It tells the story of Andrews, a young man who has betrayed his fellow smugglers and fears their vengeance. The Man Within offers a foretaste of Greene’s recurring theme of religion and the individual’s struggles against cynicism and the indifferent forces of a hostile world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143039211 (0143039210)
Publish date: April 26th 2005
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
bookshelves: autumn-2014, debut, author-love, published-1929, pirates-smugglers-wreckers, britain-england, tbr-busting-2014, fraudio, arch, chase-me-chase-me Read on September 20, 2014 Read by James WilbyDescription: Graham Greene’s first published novel tells the story of Andrews, a young man ...
"Too many local people would come in to watch the smugglers ’ fate – or triumph, as likely as not, with a local jury to try them. Every man is against me, he thought. None are on my side save outcasts and the hoard of strangers who will come from London. Judge, counsel, officers . Must I always stan...
Every once in a while I see The Man Within on my Goodreads "read" shelf sitting all but entirely on its own and I think I ought to give it more Graham Greene friends. I read this about 20 years ago and my recollection of its minute details are quite vague, but one thing I do recall clearly is that t...
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