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Violence
Barely any
WWII bombing; a period death
Language
Barely any
Mild language; Greene's elegant period style
Sexual Content
Some
An adult extramarital affair; tastefully handled
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The extreme psychological intensity of jealousy, grief, and faith colliding; a bitter, searching novel about what love and God demand of us
What this book is about
Maurice Bendrix, a novelist, hires a detective to follow his married lover Sarah Miles—and receives her diary after her sudden death. What her diary reveals about the night a bomb blast apparently killed him, and the deal she made with God on his behalf, is the novel's devastating center. Greene's most personal and theologically charged work is simultaneously a bitter study of jealousy and a serious novel about faith—the relationship between a man who doesn't believe and a God he refuses to acknowledge.
Notes for sensitive readers
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An extramarital affair as the central relationship
Theological content engaging seriously with Catholic faith and divine intervention
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