Listening to the master's voice...seeing him in flesh and blood is such an experience.

So, according to the narrater, one of the most famous novelists is best known for a movie adaptation, a clip from which he proceeds to show. I couldn’t watch past this point. Can’t anybody read?

@royfr8136

2 ай бұрын

What would you say he was most famous for? Also, the film was based on his book of the same name... I don't understand why you are hurt about this.

Something about Graham Greene pulls me to him. I feel he was profoundly kind.

@shirleyrussell5592

3 ай бұрын

Apparently not to his wife Vivian

I've always imagined his voice would be as piercing as The End Of The Affair and it is.

Great to see and hear a master writer.

Great writer. ~~ Audio here is wretched.

@DaRyteJuan

7 ай бұрын

Yeah. Unwatchable.

1- Eric Ambler, 2- Graham Greene; 3- John le Carre’ - these giants will always be copied, but never surpassed.

@jonharrison9222

Жыл бұрын

Ambler was a pretender and Carre’s an acolyte.

@davidhull1481

Жыл бұрын

@@jonharrison9222 You are being too harsh about Ambler, he never pretended to any more than entertainment. Le Carre had a complicated relationship with Greene, their politics diverging, especially about Philby. But I think calling him an acolyte sells him short. He didn’t aspire to BE Greene.

@adelhartreisig9020

Жыл бұрын

Len Deighton

@jonharrison9222

7 ай бұрын

⁠@@davidhull1481 Just as well; his stature will never equal Greene’s.

@davidhull1481

7 ай бұрын

@@jonharrison9222 I can’t agree with you on that. Greene never had the impact that Le Carre has now. People are still so interested in Le Carre that his biography had to be updated, and there’s an Errol Morris documentary currently on Apple TV. Unfortunately neither of us will be around in 100 years to see if this holds true.

A great storyteller - that is all.

..back in the day when EVERYONE could afford to have a revolver in the cupboard..which the children all knew about ah..happy days

..We are ALL Graham Greene...eh

I like Anthony Burgess (fine writer) but am very sad to hear his thoughts on Graham Greene. GG was an excellent writer and is to be admired also for his refusal to court publicity (how unusual in today's world).

@jonharrison9222

6 ай бұрын

He was entitled to his opinion and knew Greene’s work far better than most. By and large he liked his work and not just the ‘Catholic quartet’ - which is amply borne out in Burgess’s reviews and journalism. Most other people’s work, too.

It's been 20 years...So where are things now with him?

@jonharrison9222

Жыл бұрын

Well…he’s still dead. And his books are still in print. The end.

@christopherpetergoodman8994

10 ай бұрын

@@jonharrison9222 Anthony Burgess was correct. Evelyn Waugh and Joseph Conrad endure as great writers, whereas Graham Greene fades away as a minor writer, like Burgess himself, although more read. It is amazing how with distance what was once seen a great writing feels fake, whereas other books, no matter how silly, endure in the heart because at some deep level they ring true to the human experience.

@jonharrison9222

6 ай бұрын

Waugh would be rather surprised at that quaint belief, given how much he admired Greene.

How terribly wrong Antony Burgess was. Not a great writer? Probably the best novelist of the twentieth century and infinitely superior to Burgess.

@TheZMATIN

Жыл бұрын

So, so true there. Burgess was merely a pretentious experimenter and his characters are terribly one-note and his storytelling, while attractive on the surface, is so false and shallow. Greene gave us superbly rounded characters, intuitive storytelling, emotional resonance, a vivid cinematic but not overly descriptive prose style. He touched so many people with his emotional yet objective stance too. Did Burgess ever do anything of the kind?

@jonharrison9222

Жыл бұрын

He was more qualified to speak than you lad. And note Nigel struggling to keep a straight face when Burgess mentions The Heart of the Matter. Can you do the same?

@johnalbert5786

Жыл бұрын

@@jonharrison9222 regardless of how “qualified to speak” someone is… when it comes from a position of anger and jealousy, well…

@jonharrison9222

6 ай бұрын

@@johnalbert5786 …so by your own logic you must be jealous of Burgess. Next, and I’m sure you actually did plan to answer my question.

@nickwyatt9498

2 ай бұрын

I’m a great admirer of Anthony Burgess but I was annoyed by his wholly untimely slag-off. The two writers had had a personal spat going on for some time, which Burgess should have mentioned, and you know, there’s a time and a place. Not AB’s finest hour. Whether he went on to piss on Greene’s grave is, as far as I know , unrecorded.

Burgess was clearly Greene with envy

@jonharrison9222

7 ай бұрын

In fact, he wrote some of the best criticism on Greene ever written. Arse-licking wasn’t his way. This continues to bother some people.

@finnandcork

3 ай бұрын

@@jonharrison9222he arselicked,jon me lad. read the interview, wilson is doomed ro be forgotten. His sycophants will taste feces forever

Whatwver happened to nigel Williams this ginger mulletted Adonis

Fascinating... not a mention of The Third Man

@oarsteed

Жыл бұрын

The Third Man was mentioned at around 2:00--"...perhaps he will be best remembered for..."--and even featured a film clip.

@jonharrison9222

Жыл бұрын

Despite the one right at the very start…?

@alanoneill3065

Жыл бұрын

@@jonharrison9222 haha ...I'd rather be a moron the an arrogant rude bully ...grow up

@jonharrison9222

Жыл бұрын

@@alanoneill3065 Embarrassed much?

@davidhull1481

Жыл бұрын

@@jonharrison9222 Again, harsh, and needlessly so. The guy made an error, no need to rub it in.