Graham Greene

NEIL SINYARD is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Hull. He is the author of twenty books on film, including Film and Literature: The Art of Screen Adaptation, which includes a comparison of Greene and Hitchcock; Children in the Movies, which discusses the representation of childhood in film and literature; and studies of directors such as Wilder, Hitchcock, Allan, Spielberg, Zinnemann and Roeg. He has published over a hundred articles for such publications as The Dickensian, The Critical Quarterly, Sight and Sound, The Sunday Telegraph, Positif and Cinema Papers, and he has written extensively on the relationship between literature and film.

• Acknowledgements The Greene Chronology: Some Major Dates and Events Introduction: Secret Sharer Why Do I Write? The Books in My Life The Greene Routine Greene on the Screen Laughter in the Shadow of the Gallows A Sort of Autobiography: Epigraphs and Dedications The Green Baize Door Poets of Criminality and Conscience Conclusion: Forgotten Memories Select Bibliography Annotated Filmography Index

'...for anyone...curious about Greene or how early childhood deprivations produce artists, or how Catholic guilt can screw even the the sharpest of intellects, reading this book is seriously fine entertainment.' - Catherine Ford, The Age Review'...fresh and useful...this book will provide many readers with a new way of getting to know Greene' - Martin Corner, Kingston University, Newsletter of the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust