In the first volume of Norman Sherry's celebrated biography, Greene's early life is explored through letters, diaries, and hundreds of interviews, including a breakdown in his early teens, his years at Oxford, and, most particularly, his ...

Professor Sherry establishes how well Conrad knew the East and how the original material he garnered there was supplemented from other sources; he also shows what Conrad made of his experiences, thus revealing clearly what the artist's own ...

The second of Norman Sherry's three-part biography, encompassing the most creative period of Green's life in terms of novels and films.

Based on unparalleled access to letters, diaries, and Greene himself, this book gives us the writer at the height of his fame, in the company of such literary luminaries as T. S. Eliot, Evelyn Waugh, Ian Fleming, and Ernest Hemingway.

With exclusive access to Greene's letters, journals and dream-diaries, Norman Sherry has written a monumental tribute to one of the greatest English writers. The final volume of Sherry's definitive authorised biography.

With thorough research and deft and fascinating touch, Norman Sherry has created an absorbing and compelling biography of one of the major literary figures of our time.

As with The Life of Graham Greene Volume I: 1904-1939, Norman Sherry succeeds in unlocking the mystery of Greene's character and the alchemic nature of his creative genius.

The book that emerges is without doubt one of the most revealing literary biographies of the decade.

"An astonishingly thorough yet readable story, hard-nosed yet sympathetic...." - Margaret Atwood (1995)