![]() Not a stylist in the sense in which Evelyn Waugh or Ford Madox Ford were stylists, he accomplished his art-and won his popularity-by concealing his art. In this witty, elegant, revelatory biography, Richard Greene states that his “book takes a very high view of Graham Greene’s accomplishments, and so endorses the common opinion of three generations of writers and critics that he is one of the most important figures in modern literature.” “Important” writers are not necessarily good writers in fact, they can be rather poor ones, especially if their importance hinges on their aping, or, worse, pandering to the prejudices of their age but Greene was a good writer despite the “importance” often attributed to him. Russian Roulette: The Life and Times of Graham Greene, by Richard Greene (Little Brown, 591 pp., $42.48) ![]()
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