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Title: The Lawless Roads by Graham Greene ISBN: 0-14-018580-1 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: October, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Horrors of Mexico
Comment: The Lawless Roads is the second non-fiction travel book of Greene's that I've read, and the other, Journey Without Maps was also a great book about travel in Africa. Greene is a brilliant travel writer; he makes detailed observations about the countryside, people, and customs of Mexico. The way he traveled in the 30s makes you appreciate modern infrastructure and the advances of civilization that make godforsaken places livable. He was on assignment for a paper to report on the anti-clerical government that was persecuting the Catholics. It was form this experience that Greene wrote The Power and The Glory, which germinated from an antecdote he heard in Mexico about a whisky priest while on assignment.
Rating: 5
Summary: A grim and gritty travel masterpiece
Comment: Tabasco and Chiapas in the 1930's - not a nice place either to live or to visit. Greene's explorations provided background and some characters for his great short novel or tale, The Power and the Glory. If you are a student of fine writing, read the novel first, then read this to see how he gathered and used material. Or read this first for background that adds depth to the novel. If you are an armchair traveler or student of Mexico, enjoy Greene's adventures and be grateful he went through them so you don't have to do it yourself. This is truly a classic of travel writing.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful
Comment: Unfortunately I'm unable to compare with The Power and the Glory, because I haven't read it yet. this was my first Graham Greene book and i will definitely read more. The book is written in such a rich poetic style. Every sentence is precious and evocative. This is no ordinary travel book.
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Title: The Power and the Glory (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Graham Greene, John Updike ISBN: 0142437301 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Journey Without Maps (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Graham Greene ISBN: 0140185798 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: July, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: A Gun for Sale (20th Century Classics) by Graham Greene ISBN: 0140185402 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Man Within (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Graham Greene ISBN: 0140185305 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Stamboul Train: An Entertainment (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Graham Greene ISBN: 0140185321 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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