Friday, August 27, 2021

A Sort of Life

The first volume of Graham Greene's autobiography is cozy and companionable. From what was by all accounts a pleasant childhood in a large extended family, he heads off to Oxford, newspaper work, and early attempts at novel-writing. Some of the darker elements, such as his brief fascination with Russian Roulette and his psychoanalysis at a young age, deepen the self-portrait.

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