When I was in high school, the Neil Jordan version of The End of the Affair came out at the local arthouse theater. I think I had already watched a bunch of his movies or this one set me on a tear of watching Michael Collins, The Crying Game, and others I could get my hand on. In addition, I remember watching this and immediately becoming infatuated with Graham Greene and reading a handful of his books, including this one. I re-listened to this one, read by Colin Firth, […]
Man this book is funny
I remember watching this movie on tv as a kid. From my mind, it was Obi Wan Kenobi walking around Cuba and just talking to people. I didn’t like it. Thirty years later, I really liked the book. This one of Graham Greene’s “Entertainments” which are usually crime novels or spy novels. This one is more or less a spy novel, or more specifically it wasn’t supposed to be a spy novel until it became one. Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in Cuba before […]
If I’m a bitch and a fake, is there nobody who will love a bitch and a fake?
What a lovely book. A woman named Sarah (seemingly!) abruptly ends her affair with a writer named Bendrix. Bendrix bumps into Sarah’s distraught husband some time later, who reveals that Sarah seems to be having an affair. Jealous that she might have a new lover, Bendrix takes it upon himself to hire a private investigator “for Henry.” The investigator gets his hands on Sarah’s journal and Bendrix discovers what’s really gone on. This book was of particular interest to me because of my great grandmother. […]
Not quite burnt out on Graham Greene…but he’s on notice.
Back in 2010, I took a Joseph Conrad/Graham Greene seminar as part of my MA degree. I quickly learned to love both authors, but especially Greene’s craft. My personal favorites are Brighton Rock and The End of the Affair (I still don’t get the looooooove for The Power and the Glory. Someone explain to me, plz?). A Burnt-Out Case was on our list, but as it turns out, our semester turned out to be shorter than our reading list (and we read a book a […]