The Ministry Of Fear
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Author: Graham Greene
Uniform Edition, Viking Reissue 1982
©1943/©1971 Graham Greene
The Viking Press
CAB Comment––My first awareness of this Graham Greene classic was the film version by one of my favorite directors, Fritz Lang (“Metropolis”, “M”, “Man Hunt”, “Secret Beyond The Door”, and countless others). In fact, quite a few great films have been adapted from Greene’s works, and Greene himself wrote the great screenplays for the outstanding “The Third Man” and “The Fallen Idol”, both directed by another of favorite directors, Carol Reed. Graham Greene is a superior cinematic writer and worth reading to this day.
“The Ministry Of Fear”––Kirkus Reviews:
“Less bizarre than Brighton Rock or Thy Labyrinthine Ways, this is a return to the straight mystery novel which in Greene's hands is always something more. Psychologically provocative, atmospherically adept, it is the story of Arthur Rowe who by chance becomes the victim of a group of Nazi agents, operating and gaining power through fear. Strange occurrences, the cake at the fair which makes him the butt of murder, a seance where another man is killed in his stead, a bombing and subsequent amnesia which lands him in a private nursing home; strange people, the private detective who disappears, a fortune teller, the Hilfes — refugee brother and sister, and an enigmatic psychiatrist. Finally, in coordination with the Yard, the webbing of fortuitous events and individuals becomes clear — and Rowe is release”
“The Ministry Of Fear”––Amazon Synopsis:
“In London during the Blitz, an amnesiac must outwit a twisted Nazi plot in this “master thriller” of espionage, murder, and deception (Time).
“On a peaceful Sunday afternoon, Arthur Rowe comes upon a charity fete in the gardens of a Cambridgeshire vicarage where he wins a game of chance. If only this were an ordinary day. Britain is under threat by Germany, and the air raid sirens that bring the bazaar to a halt expose Rowe as no ordinary man. Recently released from a psychiatric prison for the mercy killing of his wife, he is burdened by guilt, and now, in possession of a seemingly innocuous prize, on the run from a nest of Nazi spies who want him dead.
“Pursued on a dark odyssey through the bombed-out streets of London, he becomes enmeshed in a tangle of secrets that reach into the dark recesses of his own forgotten past. And there isn’t a soul he can trust, not even himself. Because Arthur Rowe doesn’t even know who he really is.
“A storyteller of genius,” Graham Greene composed his serpentine mystery of authentic wartime espionage—and one the author’s personal favorites—while working for MI6 (Evelyn Waugh). But The Ministry of Fear “is more than a mere thriller . . . [it’s a] hypnotic moonstone of a novel” (The New York Times).”
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