--- Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
He wasn't only a
> novelist
> who wrote books with Catholic themes like THE
POWER
> AND THE GLORY.
Oh, who said he was? And no, I'm not kidding. You think Clive
Cussler has The Power And The Glory lurking in his out box? I
don't think so. To boot, there's a big difference between The
Human Factor and Dr. No. (BTW, Greene and Fleming worked
together in intelligence during the war, or something like
that.) As for influence, Somerset Maugham wrote the first
modern espionage novel that was critical of intelligence
agencies that inspired Graham, who inspired Ambler, ad
nauseum. Just because Greene wrote what he identified as
entertainments doesn't lessen his other work. Or do you think
that Tom Clancy is still working on his The Heart Of The
Matter? Or which of those others on the list could write The
Quiet American? No, I'm not kidding. Ian Fleming in the same
league as Graham Greene? Now that's a joke.
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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