The Human Factor (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Graham Greene
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Spy
- Time of Work: Late Cold War era
- Genres: Long fiction, Spy fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Africa or Africans, Blacks, England or English people, London, South Africa or South Africans, Espionage or spies, Russia or Russian people, Soviet Union or Soviets, Apartheid
- Locales: London, England, Moscow, Russia, South Africa, Berkhamsted, England
Places Discussed
*London. Great Britain’s capital city is the central location of the British Secret Service. The novel’s protagonist, Maurice Castle, works as a trusted intelligence officer in a London firm but is actually selling secrets to the Soviet Union. He returns to England from Africa and lives in the country, commuting to London by train. His movements between the city and his country home highlight the contrast between his dual allegiances: In London he is a secret agent; in the country he uses an old childhood hideout to drop secret information to the Soviets....
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Graham Greene (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Graham Greene (Mystery and Detective Fiction)Graham Greene (Short Fiction)Graham Greene (Long Fiction)Graham Greene (Dictionary of World Biography)Graham Greene (Drama)
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