Greene, Graham

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Greene, Graham
The End of the Affair. William Heinemann, 1951
paper

8vo, first edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION ("For Jack Rubens | with all good wishes | from Graham Greene, | after our first company | meeting ! | Sep. 17. 1951"), original grey cloth, dust-jacket, preserved in cloth slipcase, some slight browning, jacket slightly torn and browned with a few small stains

Literature

Wobbe A27a

Catalogue Note

AN INSCRIBED COPY OF GREENE'S MOST SEXUALLY EXPLICIT "CATHOLIC NOVEL", partly inspired (and documenting) his passionate love affairs with Dorothy Glover and Catherine Walston. The book has inspired two film adaptations: the 1955 version starring Deborah Kerr and the 1999 version directed by Neil Jordan starring Julianne Moore and Ralph Fiennes.