The Last Word And Other Stories
Penguin Classics
Paperback
: 26 Aug 1999
£8.99
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Synopsis
Graham Greene’s final story collection speaks to timeless themes – religious faith, confused loyalties, the human bonds that bring light into our most sorrowful moments.
The title story describes a meeting between the last Pope and the General who deposed him. "The News in English is a heartbreaking tale of a man and wife separated by war. And an ageing waiter dreams of imparting the secret of his death to a kind stranger in "The Moment of Truth."
Taken from different points in his career, many of the stories in The Last Word have never before appeared in book form. Now, brought together in one exceptional volume, they have the power to move – and to entertain.
Reviews
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‘There is the familiar probing of the human emotions, and the obsessive curiosity that is the spring of so much of Greene’s fiction…. Lightly relating an anecdote or plunging yet again toward the heart of the matter, Mr. Greene is still the best of company.’ William Trevor
‘The Last Word is a collection that ought to be read and applauded. Greene’s brilliant touch and brooding consciousness are everywhere on these pages.’ Chicago Tribune
‘Graham Greene was in a class by himself…. He will be read and remembered as the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man’s consciousness and anxiety.’ William Golding
Table of contents
The Last Word
The News in English
The Moment of Truth
The Man who Stole the Eiffel Tower
The Lieutenant Died Last
A Branch of the Service
An Old Man's Memory
The Lottery Ticket
The New House
Work Not in Progress
Murder for the Wrong Reason
An Appointment with the General
Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780141181578
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 160
Published : 26 Aug 1999
Publisher : Penguin Classics
The Last Word And Other Stories
£8.99
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