02735cam a2200361 4500 566041929 TxAuBib 20220628120000.0 920911s1977||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780140185331 pbk. $15.00 014018533X pbk. $15.00 (OCoLC)26578913 TxAuBib Greene, Graham, 1904-1991. The third man [BOOK] : and, The fallen idol / Graham Greene. Fallen idol. Basement room. New York : Penguin, 1977. 156 pages ; 20 cm. Penguin twentieth-century classics The fallen idol was originally published in 1935 as The Basement room. The Third Man first published in the USA by the Viking Press 1950; The Third Man and the Fallen Idol first published in Great Britain by William Heinemann 1950; Published in Penguin Books 1971; Reprinted, with the text of The Third Man reset from the Collected Edition, 1976"--Title page verso. "The Third Man is Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a city of desolate poverty occupied by four powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless in Vienna to visit his old friend and hero Harry Lime. Harry is dead, but the circumstances surrounding his death are highly suspicious, and his reputation, at the very least, dubious. Graham Greene said of The Third Man that he 'wanted to entertain [people], to frighten them a little, to make them laugh' and the result is both a compelling narrative and a haunting thriller. The Fallen Idol is the chilling story of a small boy caught up in the games that adults play. Left in the care of the butler, Baines, and his wife, Philip realizes too late the danger of lies and deceit. But the truth is even deadlier"--page 4 of cover. The third man : Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless to visit his friend and hero, Harry Lime. But Harry has died in suspicious circumstances, and the police are closing in on his associates. The fallen idol : A small boy is caught up in the games adults play. Left in the care of the butler and his wife while his parents go on holiday, Philip realizes too late the danger of lies and deceit. But the truth is even deadlier. 20220705. Criminals Fiction. Diplomats Fiction. Master and servant Fiction. British Austria Fiction. Vienna (Austria) Fiction. Mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Penguin twentieth-century classics.