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I'd give it 3.5 stars, but that's not an option. This quick thriller has some nice ups and downs, but its origin as a screenplay is clear in its brevity. That brevity did not allow for the wonderful character insights and deeply moving prose Greene is best at. It was a good tale, and the film is supposed to be just as good or better. But it's another Greene novella accomplished, and more insight into the author. Check.
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This is a brilliant book, despite being a treatsize to a film. It oozes that 50's film noir style and could easily be read again and again
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Now I know what the Graham Greene hubbub is all about. It is well-founded. I listened to the audiobook version with Martin Jarvis's exceptional voice acting.
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