"I met Aunt Augusta for the first time at my mother's funeral..."Described by Graham Greene as "the only book I have written just for the fun of it,"
Travels with My Aunt is the story of Hanry Pulling, a retired and complacent bank manager who meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral.
She soon persuades Henry to abandon his dull suburban existence to travel
her way -- winding through Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, and Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, one of Greene's greatest comic creations, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society; mixes with hippies, war criminals, and CIA men; smokes pot; and breaks all currency regulations.
Originally published in 1970,
Travels with My Aunt
offers intoxicating entertainment, yet also confronts some of the most perplexing human dilemmas.
About the author:
Graham Greene was an English novelist and author regarded by some as one of the great writers of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers. He was shortlisted, in 1967, for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Through 67 years of writings, which included over 25 novels, he explored the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world.
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