Ways of escape

Personal memoirs of renowned novelist Graham Greene, reflecting on his life, his many romantic relationships, and the experiences that fueled his fiction. Greene offers insights into his creativity, his inner demons, and the tension between his Catholic faith and his rebellious impulses.

With frankness and British irony, the author reveals how the constant search for escape—geographic, emotional, and existential—shaped both his life and his literary work. An intimate testament from one of the great novelists of the twentieth century.

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