Knihy od: Greene, G.

he Sting Man: The True Story Behind the Film AMERICAN HUSTLE The inspiration behind the film American Hustle, directed by David O'Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) and starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams How did a Bronx hustler nearly bring down the US...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEE A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. Greene's gripping thriller, exposes a world of loneliness and...

Graham Greene´s gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinian town is considered one of his finest. It tells of Charley Fortnum, the ´Honorary Consul´, a whisky-sodden figure of dubious authority taken by a group of revolutionaries. As Eduardo Plarr, a local doctor, negotiates with revolutionaries and authorities...

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...

Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman, was short of money. His daughter had reached an expensive age - so he accepted Hawthorne´s offer of $300-plus a month and became Agent 59200/5, M. I.6´s man in Havana. To keep the job, Wormold pretends to recruit sub-agents and sends fake stories. Then the...

During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the whisky priest is on the run. With the police closing in his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny.