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GrahamGreene’s50booksspannedsevendecadesandsoldtensofmillionsofcopiesincountlesslanguages.Morethan100ofhisstorieshavebeenadaptedfortelevision,theaterandfilm—some,suchas"TheQuietAmerican"and"TheEndoftheAffair,"twice.<br/> Asajournalistfor60years,Greenecoveredthemostdangerouseventsofthepastcentury:Kenya’sMauMauRebellion,theVietnamWar,Haiti’s“nightmarerepublic,”theriseofCastroandthefalloftheSovietUnion.<br/> DangerousEdge:ALifeofGrahamGreene,thefirstAmerican-produceddocumentaryaboutGreene,weaveshisnovels,including"TheQuietAmerican,""BrightonRock,""TheEndoftheAffair"and"TheThirdMan,"andmoviesintothestoryofhislifeandrevealsanextraordinarymanwhotraveledtheglobetoescapetheboredomofordinaryexistence.Participantsinclude;novelistsJohnMortimer,JohnLeCarréandDavidLodge,writerPaulTheroux,formerCIAoperativeandauthorFrederickHitz,andGreene’sdaughterCarolineBourget.<br/> Greene’swritingcapturestheessenceofwhatitmeanstobehuman:Thestrugglebetweenfaithanddoubt,loveandbetrayal,actionandinaction,theindividualandthestate.Greenefamouslywarnedwriterstoavoidpersonal,politicalandideologicalties:Awritermust“haveasliveroficeinhisheart,”hesaid,and“beapieceofgritintheStatemachinery.”<br/> AfterGreene’sdeathin1991,PaulGraywroteinTIMEMagazine,“NoseriouswriterofthetwentiethcenturyhasmorethoroughlyinfluencedthepublicimaginationthanGrahamGreene.”Hisinfluencecontinues.<br/> Greeneisquotedonaverage100timeseverymonthinpublicationsaroundtheworld,andtheBritishFilmInstituterecentlyvotedTheThirdMantheindustry’sbestBritishfilm.<br/> WhileGreene’sworkandinfluenceareapparent,Greenethemanremainsanenigma.Despiterepeatedsuicideattempts,helivedtobe86.HewasaBritishspywhobefriendedtraitorKimPhilby.HewasacommittedCatholicwhoreferredtohimselfasa“Catholicagnostic.”Hecravedanonymity,yethiswritingmadehimfamous.<br/> Greeneattributedsuchincongruitiestomanicdepression.Ratherthanallowinghisconditiontocripplehim,however,hechanneleditintoenormouscreativity,andfromhisdeathwishultimatelyspranganacuteawarenessofthevalueoflife.
