The Confidential Agent

The Confidential Agent

infobox Book |
name = The Confidential Agent
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author = Graham Greene
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series =
genre = Thriller novel
publisher = William Heinemann
release_date = 1939
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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isbn = NA
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"The Confidential Agent" (1939) is a thriller novel by British author Graham Greene. "D", a patriot from a country suffering a civil war is in England to secure a coal contract with Lord Benditch that will greatly assist the loyalist cause. It was the basis for a 1945 film starring Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall and Peter Lorre. In the book the nationality of the agent is not stated; in the film he is Spanish.

External links

* [http://members.tripod.com/~greeneland/agent.htm Graham Greene on The Confidential Agent]


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