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The Man Within<br />

Introduction by Jonathan Yardley<br />

The themes of betrayal, pursuit, and the<br />

search for peace run through Greene’s first<br />

published novel about a smuggler who<br />

takes refuge from his avengers.<br />

240 pp. 978-0-14-303921-1 $15.00<br />

The Ministry of Fear<br />

Introduction by Alan Furst<br />

This is a complex portrait of the shadowy<br />

inner landscape of Arthur Rowe—torn<br />

apart with guilt over merci<strong>full</strong>y murdering<br />

his sick wife—and the terrifying<br />

phantasmagoric landscape of England<br />

during the Blitz.<br />

224 pp. 978-0-14-303911-2 $14.00<br />

Monsignor Quixote<br />

Introduction by John Auchard<br />

Greene’s lighthearted variation on<br />

Cervantes features a village priest, elevated<br />

to the rank of monsignor through a<br />

clerical error, who travels to Madrid<br />

accompanied by his best friend, Sancho,<br />

the Communist ex-mayor of the village.<br />

224 pp. 978-0-14-310552-7 $15.00<br />

Orient Express<br />

Introduction by Christopher Hitchens<br />

This suspense thriller involves the<br />

desperate affair between a pragmatic Jew<br />

and a naïve chorus girl entangled in lust,<br />

duplicity, and murder.<br />

240 pp. 978-0-14-243791-9 $16.00<br />

<strong>Penguin</strong> Classics Deluxe Edition<br />

108 <strong>Penguin</strong> ClassiCs<br />

Our Man in Havana<br />

Introduction by Christopher Hitchens<br />

In this comic novel, Wormwold tries to<br />

keep his job as a secret agent in Havana<br />

by filing bogus reports based on Lamb’s<br />

Tales from Shakespeare and dreaming<br />

up military installations from vacuumcleaner<br />

designs.<br />

240 pp. 978-0-14-243800-8 $15.00<br />

The Power and the Glory<br />

Introduction by John Updike<br />

Set in a terror-ridden Mexican state,<br />

Greene’s masterpiece is a compelling<br />

depiction of a “whisky priest” struggling<br />

to overcome physical and moral cowardice<br />

and find redemption.<br />

240 pp. 978-0-14-243730-8 $15.00<br />

The Quiet American<br />

Introduction by Robert Stone<br />

While the French Army in Indo-China<br />

grapples with the Vietminh, a young and<br />

high-minded American based in Saigon<br />

begins to channel economic aid to a<br />

“Third Force”—leading him to blunder<br />

into a complex political and cultural world<br />

he seems not to understand <strong>full</strong>y, with<br />

disastrous and violent results.<br />

208 pp. 978-0-14-303902-0 $15.00<br />

<strong>Penguin</strong> Classics Deluxe Edition<br />

The Third Man and The Fallen Idol<br />

This edition pairs two thrillers: Greene’s<br />

legendary The Third Man and The Fallen<br />

Idol, in which a small boy discovers the<br />

deadly truths of the adult world<br />

160 pp. 978-0-14-018533-1 $14.00

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