title: The Third Man and Other Stories
author:  Graham Greene 
description: Graham Greenes novella tracking the mysterious Harry Lime across post-Second World War Vienna is joined here by <i>The Fallen Idol</i> (originally <i>The Basement Room</i>) and the set of twelve short stories entitled <i>May We Borrow Your Husband</i>.
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  _The heart of the matter_  
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  Graham Greene  
  Harmondsworth, Eng. : Penguin Books, 1978, c1971. (1971)  
  Rating: | ★★★★☆  
  Tags: | Fiction, Psychological fiction, Literary, Psychological, Classics,
  Africa, Catholics, Colonial administrators, British - Africa, Catholics -
  Africa, British, Marriage, English fiction, Colonial administrators - Africa,
  Married people - Africa  
  Fictionttt Psychological fictionttt Literaryttt Psychologicalttt Classicsttt
  Africattt Catholicsttt Colonial administratorsttt British - Africattt
  Catholics - Africattt Britishttt Marriagettt English fictionttt Colonial
  administrators - Africattt Married people - Africattt  
    
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  **Review**
  
  "A superb storyteller with a gift for provoking controversy."  
  —_New York Times_
  
  “Greene had the sharpest eyes for trouble, the finest nose for human
  weaknesses, and was pitilessly honest in his observations . . . For experience
  of a whole century he was the man within.”  
  —Norman Sherry, _Independent_
  
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