The Human Factor - Vintage classics

by Graham Greene

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Synopsis

A leak is traced to a small sub-section of SIS, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions. The sort of atmosphere, perhaps, where mistakes could be made? For Maurice Castle, it is the end of the line anyway, and time for him to retire to live peacefully with his African wife, Sarah. To the lonely, isolated, neurotic world of the Secret Service, Graham Greene brings his brilliance and perception, laying bare a machine that sometimes overlooks the subtle and secret motivations that impel us.

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Published
02/09/1999

Publisher
Vintage

ISBN
9780099288527



Publisher and industry reviews

Jacket review

'As fine a novel as he has ever written...funny, shocking, above all compassionate' Anthony Burgess, Observer

UK Kirkus review

In 1990 this was bang up to date, even though it was published in the 1970s. Now it seems as dated as flares and tie-dye shirts. Such are the tides of history, but it does allow the reader to discover possibly Greene's best written and most exciting thriller, independent of the liberation theology which he modishly brought to the story. (Kirkus UK)

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