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Lädt ... The Quest for Graham Greenevon W. J. West
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The Quest for Graham Greene, an intentionally selective, intriguingly suggestive portrait, probes hitherto unexplored facets of the Anglo-Catholic novelist (1904-91). Among them are a nervous breakdown at age 16 that sent him to a London psychoanalyst who introduced him to spiritualism and the literary avant-garde; Greene's Byzantine ties to British intelligence, which continued long after his 1944 resignation from MI6; and his involvement in a tax-fraud scheme that led to exile from England in 1966. In approved postmodernist fashion, W. J. West uses the first person while recounting his diggings in various archives. West even works in clues from Greene's novels, which are more factual than many realise, resulting in a real cloak-and-dagger biography. Zeige 2 von 2
A chance discovery of lost papers in a shop cellar in Ealing, unexpected connections, lost friendships rekindled at the funeral of a Catholic priest: thus, not unlike one of Green's own novels, began Bill West's search to find the truth about one of the 20th century's most important writers. Through intensive and scrupulous detective work, West has uncovered new material (letters, galleys of Greene's novels and FBI documents) which explain the aspects of Greene's life which have eluded biographers and readers. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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West tries to give a lot of background and connect Greene's books and characters to real-life events and people in Greene's life, but somehow this neither makes a captivating read nor a convincing analysis of Greene's work.
The writing seems rather disjointed at times, and at other times the analysis comes across as a best guess.
Maybe this book makes for better reading for someone who has more of an in-depth knowledge of Greene's biography, but as a stand-by reference to accompany my Greene-land adventures The Quest for Graham Greene raised more questions than it answered. ( )