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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Burridge"
<stephen.burridge@...> wrote:
>
> I agree that "The Power and the Glory" is a
wonderful book.
>
> I read a bunch of Greene years ago, then began again
this year after
> happening upon his excellent short story "The
Destructors". In the
> last few months I've read "England Made Me", "A Gun
For Sale",
> "Brighton Rock", "The Confidential Agent", and "The
Power and the
> Glory" -- the books he published from 1935 to 1940,
in that order. I
> think he was basically getting better with every
book in that period.
His collected short stories, which I reread last year, are
really excellent. I find a special intensity in his writing,
regardless of topic. Greene may be much undervalued, still,
by the literary establishment.
Best,
mrt
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