The Human Factor

Graham Greene, Colm Toibin

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English

Vintage
22 October 1999

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Espionage & spy thriller

Bright, photographic, evocative new covers for Greene's backlist, to celebrate one of the keystone writers of the Vintage Classics list

'Graham Greene's beautiful and disturbing novel is filled with tenderness, humour, excitement and doubt' The Times

A leak is traced to a small sub-section of the secret service, 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 wife and child. But no-one escapes so easily from the lonely, isolated, neurotic world of the SIS.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY COLM T IB N

By: Graham Greene
Introduction by: Colm Toibin
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9780099288527
ISBN 10: 0099288524
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 22 October 1999
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and a critic, and was later employed by the Foreign Office. He died in April 1991.

Reviews for The Human Factor

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)