tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post5716095662199036253..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: What, Exactly, is Wrong with Graham Greene?Bryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-13616394778962863362009-02-04T16:06:00.000+00:002009-02-04T16:06:00.000+00:00I recall that Greene sent an extremely abusive let...I recall that Greene sent an extremely abusive letter to Sir Ralph Richardson after a play of Greene's in which Richardson was appearing received patchy reviews. I certainly get the impression he wasn't the loveliest of peopleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-84783610163848172982009-02-04T13:21:00.000+00:002009-02-04T13:21:00.000+00:00You need the lighter Graham: Try "Our Man in Havan...You need the lighter Graham: Try "Our Man in Havana." I haven't read "The Quiet American," but the movie version of it was incredible. Michael Caine just smoked it, and Brendan Fraser was hardly recognizable because he was...ACTING. The guy has talent, but who knew???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-34908374495850608142009-02-04T12:36:00.000+00:002009-02-04T12:36:00.000+00:00Rather Catholic? You mean like Joyce, or Manley H...Rather Catholic? You mean like Joyce, or Manley Hopkins and Flann O'Brien? <BR/><BR/>With the exception of Travels with My Aunt, I've can't think of any Graham Gloom novel I've enjoyed reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-40882685276412267412009-02-04T09:47:00.000+00:002009-02-04T09:47:00.000+00:00Rather Catholic, Greene - a sense that we live in ...Rather Catholic, Greene - a sense that we live in a world of mechanical and inhuman laws, and will probably all go to Hell. Good for him! - but it does making reading him feel a bit like you've been shut in a box and buried underground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-67301604782267960872009-02-04T09:17:00.000+00:002009-02-04T09:17:00.000+00:00Blimey, Graham Greene! Brighton Rock was on the na...Blimey, Graham Greene! Brighton Rock was on the national curriculum and I happily(?) read a lot of his books immediately after that. but I'm not sure I'd want to now, I'm in a totally different place (okay, I'm older).Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-69638012350375756402009-02-04T07:31:00.000+00:002009-02-04T07:31:00.000+00:00I find him sorta, translated, if you know what I m...I find him sorta, translated, if you know what I mean. Everything that should be there is, and at the same time if you turned up the volume, rather than fill, it would distort. I find a lot of that sort of stuff around, and I wonder if there is not an excess in the hand of the editor.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.com