Greene (Graham) England Made Me
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London, Heinemann, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth.
A first edition from master storyteller Graham Greene, the tale of ne’er-do-well Anthony Farrant, who has boasted, lied and cheated his way through jobs all over the world.
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