The Collected Novels Volume Three
Orient Express, It's a Battlefield, and A Gun for Sale
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Three literary thrillers from the British author who has been hailed as "one of the finest writers of any language" (The Washington Post). Orient Express: The passenger list on the train from Belgium to Constantinople includes a Jewish trader from London with a score to settle; a vulnerable chorus girl; a boozy journalist who's latest scoop is in second class: a Serbian dissident on his way to lead a revolution; and a murderer on the run. As the train hurtles across Europe, the fates of everyone on board will collide long before the Orient Express reaches its final destination. "Entertaining." —The New York Times It's a Battlefield: During a demonstration in pre-WWII London, Communist bus driver Jim Drover acts on instinct to protect his wife by stabbing to death the policeman set to strike her down. Sentenced to hang, Drover accepts his lot, unaware that the ramifications of the crime, and the battle for his reprieve, are inflaming political unrest. "Adventurous . . . intelligent . . . ingenious." —V. S. Pritchett A Gun for Sale: Raven is an assassin for hire whose latest hit—a government minister—is calculated to ignite a war. When Raven is paid off in marked bills, he also becomes the easiest to track—and police detective Jimmy Mather has the lead. But Raven's got an advantage. Crossing paths with a sympathetic dancer named Anne Crowder, Raven has found someone in the wreckage of his life he can trust—and maybe his only hope for salvation. Because Anne is also Mather's fiancée. Now the fate of two men will depend on her. And either way, it's betrayal. "[Greene is] a pioneer of . . . noir." —LA Weekly
Graham Greene
Graham Greene (1904–1991) is recognized as one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, achieving both literary acclaim and popular success. His best known works include Brighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter, The Quiet American, and The Power and the Glory. After leaving Oxford, Greene first pursued a career in journalism before dedicating himself full-time to writing with his first big success, Stamboul Train. He became involved in screenwriting and wrote adaptations for the cinema as well as original screenplays, the most successful being The Third Man. Religious, moral, and political themes are at the root of much of his work, and throughout his life he traveled to some of the wildest and most volatile parts of the world, which provided settings for his fiction. Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour.
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