A Gun for Sale - Graham Greene

Advantages: luminated writing, interesting viewpoint
Disadvantages: Drags a bit

...Author: Graham Greene Genre: Fiction Date of Publish: Number of Pages: RRP: £7.99 Amazon Price: from £3.99 What's is all about? *********************** Pinkie Brown, the anti hero protaganist of the book is a teenager and rising gangster after betraying the former gang leader in a foolish bid to gain control. Some have said he was a sociopath. Fred Hale, in Brighton working for a newspaper competition is Pinkie's next target and he knows it. That day, on the piers, Fred is murdered and only one person, Ida Arnold can ensure justice is served when the death is ruled as a suicide. What follows is the story of Pinkie's attempts to cover his tracks and the lengths he will go to in order to ensure his freedom and control over Brighton in the wake of his predecessor's rule. The journey he makes includes a string of further... Read review

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Advantages: A thought-provoking read with a central character to care about
Disadvantages: A bit depressing on occassion

...I have read Graham Greene casually over the years and had in fact started The Heart of The Matter Years ago before the book became misplaced during a move. I was drawn back to it recently when I uncovered it in a box of my stepson’s toys. Author: Graham Greene Publisher: William Heinemann Date of Publish: 1948 Genre: Classic Fiction No of Pages: 272 RRP: £8.99 Amazon Price: £5.59 >>>What its all about<<< Henry Scobie is an impeccibly honest, longserving police inspector in a colonial town on the West Coast of Africa during the second world war. He is responsible for providing both local and wartime security and has also tasked himself with the duty of ensuring his wife Louise’s happiness despite not being able to love the desperately lonely woman. . His assuming duty to care for those who others have deemed unworthy... Read review

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Advantages: It sets the standard.
Disadvantages: Try to read it as slowly as possible so it's not over too soon.

...Doctor Fischer of Geneva is a toothpaste millionaire. He invented “Dentophil Bouquet” which claims to keep at bay the particular infections that are caused by eating chocolate. Doctor Fisher of Geneva lives in a classical white mansion on the lakeside at Versoix with his beautiful daughter Anna-Luise. Anna-Luise thinks of her pink and white bedroom as being “like a wedding cake.” Doctor Fisher of Geneva holds infamous dinner parties. Doctor Fisher’s dinner parties are “abominable.” ***************************************************** Graham Greene is one of those writers that you either love or hate. He writes about the human condition, about God, about the lack of God, about faith and about love. He has written far more famous and well-respected novels and short-stories than this one and if you are interested... Read review

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