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...Modern audiences needn’t read a novel to appreciate Graham Greene??a quick trip to the Cineplex will provide a glimpse into the depth of Greene??s impact on modern culture...
...Though Greene??s work only spans about 30 novels, it has inspired at least 10 major Hollywood motion pictures including, The Quiet American and The End of the Affair...
...typical Green hero as “a shell of humanity” who notably “preserves himself from involvement [in a situation in order to maintain his integrity]” is remarkably similar to modern literature’s steely hero. Wood furthermore describes Greene??s brand of heroes as “those sort of feeding on their own vitals, consumed by a sort of cynicism and lassitude...
Regardless of how Greene??s taste in heroes is phrased, his fascination with the fallen and corrupted human is undeniable. Wood says Greene??s novels are not known for a consistent character type but rather for a characteristically modern and morally-depraved wasteland environment that critics have named, “Greeneland...
...thing to interpret the number of film adaptations of Greene??s work as symbolic of his popular appeal, but quite another to assume that the films are of equally high quality and benefit the author’s reputation...