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Graham Greene Plus The Complete Stories of Graham Greene
Graham Greene’s previously unpublished ghost story “Reading at Night,” written at the height of his powers around 1960, bears the hallmarks of his best fiction. In prose as spare as it is unsettling, Greene conjures a haunting in just a few strokes. This ghost story, preserved in the author’s archives for over sixty years, has finally found its home in the pages of The Strand, where several of his earlier ghost stories first appeared.
Also in Issue 75, bestselling author C. J. Box offers us a tale of survival and vengeance with “Pelts.” John M. Floyd’s “Boom” takes us to the New Mexico desert for a wry take on timing, loyalty, and unforeseen consequences. In “The Affair of the Grave Undertaking,” Mike Adamson sends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson into the shadowy dealings of a prestigious undertaker. And Denise Mina serves up creeping dread and cold retribution amid the fluorescent-lit routine of a Scottish fast-food joint in “Death Delivers for the Chicken Drink.”
Bestselling author Amor Towles joins The Strand for a lively conversation about Table for Two, his latest collection, and the instincts that drive his storytelling. From the glittering salons of 1930s Manhattan to the back alleys of old Los Angeles, Towles talks setting, structure, and the small decisions that bring a story to life.
Midcentury legends, modern masters, and fiction that lingers long after the final page, Issue 75 delivers the mysterious, the stylish, and the quietly unforgettable.
Complete Stories of Graham Greene
The complete stories of a 20th century master of fiction
Affairs, obsessions, ardors, fantasy, myth, legends, dreams, fear, pity, and violence—this magnificent collection of stories illuminates all corners of the human experience. Including four previously uncollected stories, this new complete edition reveals Graham Greene in a range of contrasting moods, sometimes cynical and witty, sometimes searching and philosophical. Each of these forty-nine stories confirms V. S. Pritchett’s declaration that Greene is “a master of storytelling.” This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Pico Iyer.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
