Features

The paper was specially milled for The Franklin Library First Edition Society—a 60-pound Eggshell Wove Cream paper that has a life expectancy of over 400 years. The text is printed in 11-point Janson. This volume is bound in rich, Forest Green, topgrain cowhide and decorated with 22-karat gold embossing.

Synopsis

With six months on The New York Times bestseller list, The Human Factor is considered Greene's chef-d'oeuvre in the genre of modern spy fiction. A story of betrayal, love, and death, The Human Factor endeavors to present, minus the superfluous glamour, glitz, and overt gadgetry of Ian Fleming's Agent 007, a pragmatic portrait of Cold War espionage via masterful character development, plausible dialogue, and ingenious plot twists.

About the Author

Redoubtable English novelist, short-story writer, playwright, journalist, book reviewer, film critic, newspaper editor, and world traveler, Henry Graham Greene (1904-1991) was one of the most prolific and widely read novelists of his day, with said popularity enduring unabated into the present. Possessed of a keen insight into and a firsthand knowledge of that which would assuredly translate into commercial success, Greene parlayed his own experiences in the British Foreign Office and SIS into a series of espionage and spy novels, (and subsequent films), replete with those attributes demanded by his readers: love and hate; fear, terror, panic, and dread; treachery and betrayal; action, adventure, and suspense; and, of course, exotic locales. While secret agents may have proven financially lucrative, Greene's tastes were varied and his subject matter diverse, ranging from autobiographies to travelogues. His religious sentiments were made manifest in such works as Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, Heart of the Matter, and The End of the Affair.

Other works by Greene include: The Man Within, Stambul Train (Orient Express), It's A Battlefield, England Made Me (The Shipwrecked), This Gun For Hire (A Gun For Sale), Brighton Rock, The Confidential Agent, The Power and the Glory, The Ministry of Fear, The Heart of the Matter, The Third Man, The End of the Affair, Loser Takes All, The Quiet American, Our Man in Havanna, A Burnt Out-Case, The Comedians, Travels with My Aunt, Getting to Know the General, A Sense of Reality, A Sort of Life, and The Honorary Consul.

Condition

Near fine. Binding tight and square. Pages are tight and clean without crease or stain. No indication of soiling, scuffing, or wear. The condition of this beautiful volume would be, without equivocation, "Fine" with a single exception: the previous owner's name is inscribed/stamped on the front and end papers.