The Confidential Agent
Author | : Graham Greene |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2010-10-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781409020486 |
ISBN-13 | : 1409020487 |
Rating | : 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Confidential Agent written by Graham Greene and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-10-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY IAN RANKIN ‘In a class by himself...the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man’s consciousness and anxiety’ William Golding In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a government agent, D is a scarred stranger in England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, held responsible for the death of a young woman, D becomes a hunted man, tormented by allegiances, doubts and love.