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This novel is the ninth in The NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) Files series, following 2009's Medusa. [1] Cussler writes several novel series and in 2011, with co-authors, he added to several series in addition to adding Devil's Gate to The NUMA Files, including The Jungle to the Oregon Files , The Race to the Isaac Bell Adventures ...
Short was born in South Shields, England, [7] to Margaret Mooney and pipefitter Richard Short. He has two sisters, one half sister and one half brother. He grew up in South Shields and was educated at Highfield Infants School, then at the Cheviot Junior School; Broadmere Middle School, Woking; Holy Trinity School, Guildford, Surrey; Bishop David Brown School, Woking; and King Edward's School ...
Graham Greene (1904–1991) was an English novelist regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels , and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them).
The Comedians (1966) is a novel by Graham Greene.Set in Haiti under the rule of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his secret police, the Tontons Macoutes, the novel explores political repression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown.
Brighton Rock is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1938 and later adapted for film and theatre.The novel is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton.The first of Greene's works to explore Catholic themes and moral issues, its treatment of class privilege and the problem of evil is paradoxical and ambivalent.
A ship arrives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Among the alighting passengers are: Major H. O. Jones (Alec Guinness), a British businessman with a letter of invitation to do business with the government; Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Paul Ford and Lillian Gish), an elderly American couple who wish to set up a vegetarian complex for education and nutrition for the locals; and the central character, a cynical ...
Our Man in Havana (1958) is a novel set in Cuba by the British author Graham Greene. Greene uses the novel to mock intelligence services, especially the British MI6 , and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants.
The Human Factor is an espionage novel by Graham Greene, first published in 1978 and adapted into the 1979 film The Human Factor, directed by Otto Preminger using a screenplay by Tom Stoppard. [ 1 ] Plot summary