It's hard to imagine that in 1940 this book was controversial, but it was. Catholics condemned the book. Evelyn Waugh and others defended it. Mr. Greene ended up meeting with the pope who told him the book was offensive to Catholics. The popester took 14 years to get around to condemning it. They are a delicate and sensitive bunch who need to get out more. The book is in my opinion some of his best work. He was bipolar and you can tell.
"The buzzard came picking its way across the yard, a dusty and desolate figure: every now and then it lifted sluggishly from the earth and flapped down twenty yards on."-Graham Greene
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