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Page 164. "And then there were also particular instances, or exceptional circumstances, such as the meeting with the astronaut Grechko, who had taken 'Our Man in Havana' with him into space, and who, when Graham travelled to the Soviet Union in 1987, presented him with a copy. Graham was moved to tears. Grechko had learnt English thanks to this book, which he had read fifty times!"

Chapter 14
A Sense of Friendship

Chapter 13 covers Greene and Kim Philby.

Chapter 13
The Baffling Edge of Espionage

The Job of Writing
Page 74 - 75, 'Apart from the names of the characters, the title of the book and its epigraph were essential considerations in his (Greene's) eyes.'
'In Le Figero-Magazine of 7 October 1978, Graham had come across an article by Anthony Burgess which said, "Greene is in my view the best epigraphist in our business." '

Chapter 9

The Job of Writing