“When you visualized a man or woman carefully, you could always begin to feel pity – that was a quality God’s image carried with it. When you saw the lines at the corners of the eyes, the shape of the mouth, how the hair grew, it was impossible to hate. Hate was just a failure of imagination.”

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About Graham Greene

English writer and journalist

Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist. He lived in the 20th century and is widely regarded as one of the leading novelists of that era. He wrote across journalism and fiction, but it is as a novelist that he is best known. His work helped define 20th-century English literature, and he remains closely associated with that tradition.

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Books by Graham Greene

The Quiet American

1955

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Brighton Rock

2000

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The Power and the Glory

1991

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The End of the Affair

1991

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The heart of the matter

2013

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