Stamboul Train

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Summary

A classic espionage thriller from master storyteller Graham Greene

‘One of the most important British writers of the twentieth century - he brought something undeniably new to fiction’ Daily Telegraph

Carleton Myatt meets Coral Musker, a naïve English chorus girl, aboard the Orient Express as it heads across Europe to Constantinople. As their relationship develops, they find themselves caught up in the fates of the other passengers and drawn into a web of espionage, murder and lies.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

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He taught us to look at each other with new eyes. I don't suppose his influence will ever disappear
Auberon Waugh, Independent

About the author

Graham Greene

Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.

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