An English novelist of exceptional energy, Graham Greene built a career spanning a dozen genres—most notably more than twenty novels or thrillers, as well as short stories, film reviews, travel books, plays, screenplays, and autobiography. Many of his novels wrestle with issues of belief. His personal correspondence included thousands of letters, and for much of his life he reported as a spy to the British
Secret Intelligence Service. His restlessness drew him to dangerous places, adulterous relationships, self-harm, and a belief, infusing his pages, that a focus on squalor makes for an honest portrayal of the world.
Milestones
By 16 June 1938 The publication of
Brighton Rock marked the first time that GG classified a book as a literary novel rather than an 'entertainment' (according to his regular classification system). He then repeatedly changed his mind.

By 9 December 1955 Graham Greene set his novel
The Quiet American in what is now
Vietnam (then French Indo-China).

May 1982 Borrowing a famous title from
Zola, GG issued through a London publisher
J'Accuse: The Dark Side of Nice, in which he accused the mayor of
Nice in southern
France, along with other municipal politicians, of corruption.
