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Another masterpiece written by Graham Greene.
3* The Third Man
4* The End of the Affair
4* Our Man in Havana
3* The Captain and the Enemy
3* The Quiet American
4* The Ministry of Fear
4* The Power and the Glory
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TR Travels With My Aunt
TR The Tenth Man
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3* The Third Man
4* The End of the Affair
4* Our Man in Havana
3* The Captain and the Enemy
3* The Quiet American
4* The Ministry of Fear
4* The Power and the Glory
TR Brighton Rock
TR Travels With My Aunt
TR The Tenth Man
TR Monsignor Quixote
TR The Honorary Consul
TR The Heart of the Matter
TR Orient Express

To be honest, I really didn't like this book. I am not sure why it is considered a great book.
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I don’t know why I don’t think of Graham Greene more often when I think of favorite authors. This has to be the fourth book of his I’ve read and he really is something special – I always feel like I ought to be reading more of him and, for whatever reason, he feels like such a Summer author (maybe so many of his books are set in Cuba or Mexico and the warm climate bleeds into the reader). Such fantastic language like, “Pride wavered in his voice like a plant with shallow roots.” This one was pro
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