Who is Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted, in 1966 and 1967, for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. He was awarded the 1968 Shakespeare Prize and the 1981 Jerusalem Prize.He converted to Catholicism in 1926 after meeting his future wife, Vivien Dayrell-Browning. Later in life he took to calling himself ...
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Hag59383: eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.,graham greene, the end of the affair,eternity,
Bh_friedman: this works better as graham greene type black comedy than a modern no way out. this dude was trying to glean us military secrets from saisers hustling for world bank jobs. maybe "illegal" russian spys here are so worthless they're really russia's problem?
Lahatshulamit: "he came to d.c. as a brazilian student. the u.s. says he was a russian spy" reads like a graham greene novel. this is surely not an isolated case, though.
Shortstoryking: writing is a form of therapy; sometimes i wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in a human situation." - graham greene
Jwalters314: burton wheeler, ed lundeen, hamilton fish, steven day, rush holt, gerald nye, et al = lindsay graham, kevin mccarthy, marjorie greene, lauren boebert, jim jordan, paul gosar, andy biggs, tommy tuberville, josh hawley, ted cruz, ron johnson, et al.
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The Thrill came slowly like a Boom for
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The Thrill came slowly like a Boom for
Centuries delayed
Its fitness growing like the Flood
In sumptuous solitude-
The desolations only missed
While Rapture changed its Dress
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