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The Third Man

Graham Greene

1984120 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1984
first published
  • 1984Lorrimer Publishing · 120 pages · ENGISBN 9780856470936
  • 1988Faber and Faber · 120 pages · ENGISBN 9780571126347
  • 1999Penguin Books · 157 pages · ENGISBN 9780140286823
  • 1998faber and faber · 120 pages · ENGISBN 9780571206469
  • 1998The Audio Partners · ENGISBN 9781572700611
  • 2005Punto de Lectura S.L. · 144 pagesISBN 9788466317276
  • 2001VINTAGE (RAND) · 160 pages · ENGISBN 9780099286233
  • 2005La Theatre Works · ENGISBN 9781580813167

Initially written as a screenplay Greene later transferred the film treatment to novel form as a novella, published together with The Fallen Idol. Set in post-war Vienna The Third Man concerns the mysterious Harry Lime, a black market trader thought by the authorities to be dead.

How it feels

AtmosphereBleakNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

When and where

ThemesJustice
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