so-soGreene spoke of this work as one of his “entertainments” or in other words, not a serious novel and that seems to track in my view as it‘s a formulaic thriller much like Orient Express. While not at all among my favorite Graham Greene novels, I still appreciate his protagonists‘ often complex, shifting and conflicted feelings about their own actions. This might be the first Greene novel I‘ve encountered which lacks Catholic themes. It was…okay.
My #Bookspin list for March. The tagged is my #Bookspin, and my #Doublespin, It Can‘t Happen Here, may be too much right now.
pickAs far as Graham Greene novels go, I‘d say this one ranks somewhere in the middle of his oeuvre. While no Greene novel is complete without some Catholic or faith theme, this one‘s protagonist is seemingly lacking that faith, yet the question of whether it‘s important or whether he ought to at least believe in something is a constant undercurrent. As usual, another novel of colonizers and their intrigues amongst the colonized; an okay read.
pickThis Greene was a pretty basic Noir from early in his career.I enjoyed it. I have to say I enjoy all the Littens reviews of all their Christmas themed reads. I‘m such a mood reader, I can‘t seem to plan for seasonal reads ! I got a kick out of the serendipity of there being a Christmas reference towards the end of the book! 🎄🎅🎄Ho ,Ho,Ho!
“She might have been waiting for her lover. For three quarters of an hour she had sat on the same high stool, half turned from the counter, watching the swing door.“
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A, melancholy quote for a melancholy evening:
"I was afraid of burglars and Indian thugs and snakes and fires and Jack the Ripper, when I should have been afraid of thirty years in a bank and a take-over bid and a premature retirement and the Deuil du Roy Albert."
pickThis was funny and absurd, and yet touching in its way. I enjoyed the ride.
