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Graham Greene (Magill’s Choice: 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction)
Contribution
Graham Greene’s place in the history of crime drama is one of considerable importance, for he has added to the dimensions of the genre in several different ways. He is much more than a writer of thrillers. It is not simply a matter of writing other kinds of fiction. It is a matter of being one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century; the imposition of his formidable talent on his “entertainments” (as he chooses to call them) gave to the thriller a respectability which it had not possessed before his work. Consistent with his ambition to give the...
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Basement Room, The (Short Stories) -
Brighton Rock (British Fiction) -
Brighton Rock (Character Profiles) -
Burnt-Out Case, A (Masterplots Classics) -
Burnt-Out Case, A (Character Profiles) -
Burnt-Out Case, A (Literary Places) -
Captain and the Enemy, The (Literary Annual Reviews) -
Cheap in August (Short Stories) -
Comedians, The (British Fiction) -
Comedians, The (Character Profiles) -
Destructors, The (Short Stories) -
Drive in the Country, A (Short Stories) -
End of the Affair, The (British Fiction) -
End of the Affair, The (Character Profiles) -
Heart of the Matter, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Heart of the Matter, The (Character Profiles) -
Heart of the Matter, The (Literary Places) -
Hint of an Explanation, The (Short Stories) -
Honorary Consul, The (British Fiction) -
Honorary Consul, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Honorary Consul, The (Character Profiles) -
Honorary Consul, The (Literary Places) -
Human Factor, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Human Factor, The (Character Profiles) -
Human Factor, The (Literary Places) -
Ministry of Fear, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Ministry of Fear, The (Character Profiles) -
Ministry of Fear, The (Literary Places) -
Potting Shed, The (Drama) -
Potting Shed, The (Character Profiles) -
Power and the Glory, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Power and the Glory, The (Character Profiles) -
Power and the Glory, The (Literary Places) -
Quiet American, The (British Fiction) -
Quiet American, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Quiet American, The (Character Profiles) -
Quiet American, The (Literary Places) -
Sort of Life, A (Nonfiction) -
Ways of Escape (Nonfiction) -
World of My Own, A (Literary Annual Reviews) -
World of My Own, A (Magill Book Reviews) -
Acting Styles (Topical Overview--Drama) -
Dramatic Genres (Topical Overview--Drama) -
Staging and Production (Topical Overview--Drama) -
Origins and Development of the Novel, 1890-1980 (Topical Overview--Long Fiction) -
Mid-Twentieth Century: 1920-1960, The (Topical Overview--Short Fiction) -
Supernatural Story, The (Topical Overview--Short Fiction) -
Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
