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Twenty-one Stories

AuthorGraham Greene

NarratorOliver Clement

Duration10h 10m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Short Stories

Key StageA Level

PublisherInhouse

VersionUnabridged

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These stories, all written between 1929 and 1954, all share the themes that feature so strongly in Graham Greene's novels: humour and violence, pity and hatred, betrayal and pursuit. Comic, sad, shocking and tragic, they recount the tales of Mr Maling's loud stomach, destructive gangs of children, indiscretions revealed and secrets uncovered. CONTAINS ADULT THEMES.

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