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The Graham Greene Crime & Thriller Collection
The Man Within, I Spy, Proof Positive, The End Of The Party, The Second Death
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The Graham Greene Crime & Thriller Collection brings together five powerful works that reveal the author's unmatched ability to merge suspense with profound moral inquiry. From the smuggling coasts of Sussex to the quiet terror of English childhood, these stories explore guilt, fear, and redemption within the shadowed corridors of the human soul.
In The Man Within, Greene's first novel, a conflicted smuggler betrays his comrades and seeks refuge with a woman whose compassion forces him to confront his own cowardice. It is both a tense adventure and a deeply psychological exploration of loyalty and conscience-an early glimpse of the themes that would define Greene's literary world. I Spy and Proof Positive, though brief, distill the essence of Greene's suspense: the quiet dread that emerges from ordinary life. In one, a boy's nocturnal curiosity exposes a shocking secret; in the other, a man's eerie lecture blurs the boundary between life and death.
The End of the Party transforms childhood anxiety into existential terror, capturing the fragile edge between innocence and despair. In contrast, The Second Death contemplates the soul's final reckoning-a haunting meditation on faith, mortality, and the elusive possibility of grace.
Together, these works demonstrate Greene's mastery of atmosphere and moral tension. Crime, in his hands, is never merely a matter of law but of conscience; the thrill lies not only in danger, but in the moment of self-discovery.
This illustrated collection celebrates Greene at his most introspective and suspenseful-an essential compendium of the shadows, fears, and revelations that shaped one of the twentieth century's greatest storytellers.
Contents:
The Man Within
I Spy
Proof Positive
The End of the Party
The Second Death
In The Man Within, Greene's first novel, a conflicted smuggler betrays his comrades and seeks refuge with a woman whose compassion forces him to confront his own cowardice. It is both a tense adventure and a deeply psychological exploration of loyalty and conscience-an early glimpse of the themes that would define Greene's literary world. I Spy and Proof Positive, though brief, distill the essence of Greene's suspense: the quiet dread that emerges from ordinary life. In one, a boy's nocturnal curiosity exposes a shocking secret; in the other, a man's eerie lecture blurs the boundary between life and death.
The End of the Party transforms childhood anxiety into existential terror, capturing the fragile edge between innocence and despair. In contrast, The Second Death contemplates the soul's final reckoning-a haunting meditation on faith, mortality, and the elusive possibility of grace.
Together, these works demonstrate Greene's mastery of atmosphere and moral tension. Crime, in his hands, is never merely a matter of law but of conscience; the thrill lies not only in danger, but in the moment of self-discovery.
This illustrated collection celebrates Greene at his most introspective and suspenseful-an essential compendium of the shadows, fears, and revelations that shaped one of the twentieth century's greatest storytellers.
Contents:
The Man Within
I Spy
Proof Positive
The End of the Party
The Second Death