by Graham Greene
Arthur Rowe, an inhabitant of wartime London during the Blitz with a terrible secret, visits a fair one day on a lark, setting in motion a chain of events that will thrust him into a shadowy world where nobody, not even oneself, is quite what they seem.
Graham Greene is an extraordinary writer, painting fully developed characters with great economy of language.
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He is also a master of atmosphere; I have rarely encountered an author who so skillfully develops an ambiance of fear, paranoia, and regret.
This black mood and a dearth of exciting action set pieces may be the reason some reviewers question this novel's status as a thriller, but I was enthralled by the quiet dread that makes our hero's fate so uncertain.
The brilliant conclusion infuses a superficially happy ending with a strong dose of tragedy.
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"Ministry of Horror" (Romanian) |
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"The Ministry of Fear" (Portuguese) |
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"Ministry of Fear" (Persian) |
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"Ministry of Fear" (Serbian) |
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"Fifth Column" (Italian) |
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"Ministry of Fear" (Hungarian) |
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"The Ministry of Fear" (Greek) |
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"Center of Horror" (German) |
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"The Reign of Fear" (Dutch) |
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