Bücher von Graham Greene

Discover Graham Greene's blackly comic and timely espionage thriller, set amid the vice and squalor of pre-revolutionary Havana. 'British Intelligence being sent up something rotten' Daily Telegraph Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power cuts.

Graham Greene proves a wonderful storyteller in this hilarious tale of the eccentricity of families and the pomposity of the middle class.Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, his dahlias and the Major next door to travel her way, Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, a veteran of Europe's hotel bedrooms, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society: mixing with hippies, war criminals, CIA men; smoking pot, breaking all the currency regulations and eventually coming alive after a dull suburban life. In Travels with my Aunt Graham Greene not only gives us intoxicating entertainment but also confronts us with some of the most perplexing of human dilemmas.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOODScobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.

Believing he can escape retribution, Pinkie is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold, who is determined to uncover him. Few, if any, can match the originality of Brighton Rock, and of Pinkie - one of fiction's most unnerving and compelling villains.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALIThe love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off.

Stories - Weird and Wonderful is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Fernande's Choice is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Found and Fettered - A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Quiet Mrs. Fleming - An Open Mystery is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

A Mystery Still is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Wyvern Mystery - A Novel is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Mynns' Mystery is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The White Prior - a family mystery is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Law and the Lady - A Novel. Vol. 3 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Law and the Lady - Volume 2 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Don Balasco of Key West is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Wien in der Nachkriegszeit: Die vier Besatzungsmächte haben die Stadt aufgeteilt, der Schwarzmarkt blüht. Einer der mysteriösesten Schieber ist Harry Lime, der seinen Jugendfreund und Schriftsteller Rollo Martins nach Wien einlädt. Doch bei seiner Ankunft kommt er nur noch rechtzeitig zu Limes Bestattung. Angeblich ist dieser Opfer eines Autounfalls geworden. Martins beginnt nachzuforschen und stellt fest, dass Harry kein Kleinganove war, sondern der Kopf einer skrupellosen Schmugglerbande. Und immer wieder kreuzt ein ominöser dritter Mann seine Wege ... Greenes faszinierender Thriller, kongenial verfilmt von Carol Reed mit Orson Welles und Joseph Cotton, erscheint jetzt in exzellenter Neuübersetzung.

Der englische Honorarkonsul Charley Fortnum, dem Whisky verfallen, von Kidnappern gefangengehalten und von seiner jungen Frau betrogen, wird Dr. Eduardo Plarr gegenübergestellt, der zwischen Entführern, Polizei, Diplomaten, dem Honorarkonsul und dessen Frau - seiner Geliebten - zu lavieren hat; hier der Verstandesmensch, da ein Mann, dem sich jenseits von Ideologie und Religionen die Wahrheit erschließt. Der "Honorarkonsul" ist, wie viele Romane Graham Greenes, politischer und geistiger Zündstoff. Denn Greene steht auf Seiten der Unterdrückten - und das sind immer wieder andere.

Lautstark gepriesen und verteufelt als konservativ, progressiv, katholisch und marxistisch - bis heute wird Graham Greenes Leben von Verdächtigungen umrankt. Am 2. Oktober 2004 wäre er 100 Jahre alt geworden. "Eine Art Leben", 1971 zum ersten Mal erschienen, erzählt von Greenes Jahren als junger Mann und von seinem "Kampf gegen die Langeweile", der ihn zum britischen Geheimdienst brachte und in dessen Auftrag er zum Beobachter internationaler Krisenherde wurde.Das Buch ist eine Entdeckungsreise nach "Greeneland". Bizarr und faszinierend zugleich.

Im Südafrika der Apartheid verliebt sich der Brite Maurice Castle in Sarah, eine schwarze Agentin. Obwohl sie von einem anderen Mann schwanger ist, heiratet er sie, nachdem ihr ein kommunistischer Freund zur Flucht nach England verholfen hat. Aus Dankbarkeit liefert Castle fortan Informationen an den sowjetischen Geheimdienst. Doch nun muss er damit rechnen, als undichte Stelle des MI6 enttarnt zu werden. Graham Greenes später Spionageroman wurde von Otto Preminger verfilmt.

Graham Greenes berühmter Vietnam-Roman wieder im Programm: Ein desillusionierender und zugleich spannender Klassiker, der soeben verfilmt wurde. »Mit den Menschen, wie sie nun mal waren, mochten sie kämpfen, mochten sie lieben, mochten sie morden: Ich wollte nichts damit zu tun haben.« Der englische Journalist Thomas Fowler sieht den Kolonialkrieg der Franzosen in Vietnam mit kühler Distanz. Er interessiert sich mehr für seine vietnamesische Geliebte Phuong und die asiatische Lebensart als für Politik. Der Amerikaner Aldon Pyle dagegen arbeitet angeblich für eine Wirtschaftshilfe-Organisation und will, scheinbar naiv, sendungsbewußt und demokratiegläubig, etwas Gutes tun: »... einem Land, einem Kontinent, einer Welt«. Erstaunlicherweise benutzt er Plastikbomben dazu.

Ein unfreiwilliger AbenteurerEin Agent wider Willen im Havanna der späten Fünfziger Jahre»Auf dem Schreibtisch lagen zwei Bücher - identische Exemplare von Lambs Shakespeare-Erzählungen. Auf einem Block, auf dem sich Hawthorne vermutlich Notizen für ihr Treffen gemacht hatte, stand: >1. Gehalt. 2. Spesen. 3. Übermittlung. 4. Charles Lamb. 5. Tinte.Hände hoch. Arriba los manos.Las manosLiebevoll zeichnet Greene die Gestalt des Mr. Wormold und die seiner Freunde und Feinde. Der englische Kaufmann Wormold ist alles andere als ein Abenteurer. Er verkauft Staubsauger und möchte die Zukunft seiner extravaganten Tochter sichern. Der britische Geheimdienst sucht Agenten - und es ist für ihn eine vermeintlich sichere Geldquelle. Doch Wormold spielt mit dem Feuer.