The Third Man and The Fallen Idol (First UK Edition)
by Graham Greene
- Used
- Condition
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About This Item
Basis for the legendary 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten.
Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Front hinge starting, two bookplates on the front pastedown, with spots of adhesive residue on the top and bottom edges of the endpapers. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with chips at the corners and spine ends.
Synopsis
The Third Man is Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a city of desolate poverty occupied by four powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless in Vienna to visit his old friend and hero Harry Lime. Harry is dead, but the circumstances surrounding his death are highly suspicious, and his reputation, at the very least, dubious. Graham Greene said of The Third Man that he "wanted to entertain [people], to frighten them a little, to make them laugh" and the result is both a compelling narrative and a haunting thriller. The Fallen Idol is the chilling story of a small boy caught up in the games that adults play. Left in the care of the butler, Baines, and his wife, Philip realizes too late the danger of lies and deceit. But the truth is even deadlier.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 160418
- Title
- The Third Man and The Fallen Idol (First UK Edition)
- Author
- Graham Greene
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Books into Film | Film Noir | Mystery and Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books into Film; Film Noir; Mystery and Crime;
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