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Daunt Books Children's Short Story Competition 2013

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  Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

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  Graham Greene's chilling depiction of his most famous anti-hero, 17 year-old Pinkie the leader of a gang in the slums of 1930s Brighton. A gripping story of Pinkie's unravelling and his relationship with the naive, optimistic Rose.

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  Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene

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  Greene's wry, knowing interpretation of Spain's great classic lacks the chilling power of his more prominent novels but is nonetheless utterly charming, with a sly wit underpinning its lighthearted philosophical musings.

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  A Burnt-out Case by Graham Greene

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  A famous architect, tired with his life and its amusements, travels to the Congo to spend some time in a leper colony. His work for the sick inhabitants soon helps him to recover from his lethargy, until the white inhabitants discover who he is and what he's done. Interesting psychological exploration into the modern condition and the absence of meaning.

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  The Comedians by Graham Greene

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  Greene's fine novel, at once comic and deeply dark, stars three men who meet on a ship bound for Haiti. Set against the background of Papa Doc's corrupt regime, the personal intricacies of the characters play out amidst the wider political chaos, with compelling results.

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  Dr Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party by Graham Greene

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  A deceptively easy read by Greene's standards, this novella maintains a light tone whilst probing the depths of humanity and its greed. It follows the unassuming Mr Jones, a translator in a Swiss chocolate factory, as he meets and falls in love with the young daughter of notorious toothpaste millionaire Dr Fischer. A quick read with great resonance.

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  The Quiet American by Graham Greene

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  Powerful and surprising novel about a love triangle between a beautiful Vietnamese girl, a cynical Englishman and an American idealist on the eve of the Vietnam War. Highly recommended.

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  The Third Man and The Fallen Idol by Graham Greene

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  Pulp fiction writer Holly Martins arrives in post-WW2 Vienna on the promise of finding work with his elusive friend Harry Lime. Written initally by Greene purely as preparation for the screenplay that would star Orson Welles, this novella is now recognised as one of his finest, delivering his trademark fusion of atmosphere and philosophical potency. His excellent 'The Fallen Idol' is also included here.

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  Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene

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  In 1936, the master of English fiction Graham Greene undertook a journey into the little explored West African republic of Liberia. Greene was young, inexperienced and heading into a territory that was simply marked, on one US Government map of the time, with the word "cannibals". Less of an adventure story, more of a serious traveller's history exploring issues of colonialism and politics.

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  Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene

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  One of Greene's 'entertainments', as he called them, this is a wonderfully comic and atmospheric novel with a wicked satirical edge. Mr Wormold is a solemn vacuum cleaner salesman, watching his daughter fritter away his savings around Havana. When a mysterious Englishman offers him work as a spy, things become even more complicated. Famously appearing to predict the Cuban Missile Crisis, this is top-notch.

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  The Lawless Roads by Graham Greene

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  In the 1930s Graham Greene travelled across Mexico, a country devastated by a ten-year civil war, a campaign of enforced secularisation and a series of brutal anticlerical purges. His experiences would inspire his later novel The Power and the Glory.

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  The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene

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  Charley Fortnum, the drunk and slightly ridiculous "honorary consul", is kidnapped by a group of Argentinean guerrillas and while manning the negotiations, a local doctor begins to unravel the large scale corruption on both sides. An intense, powerful and political novel, considered to be one of Graham Greene's very best.

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  The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

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  A writer is devastated when his passionate affair with a married woman is brought to an end with no explanation. A heart-breaking story about love and religion set in wartime London.

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  Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene

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  Henry Pulling is whisked away from a drab life in English surburbia when he meets his eccentric Aunt Augusta at his mother's funeral. The two embark on a series of bizarre adventures and Henry's life is transformed. Witty, inspiring and typically elegant from Greene.

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  The Tenth Man by Graham Greene

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  A tense, psychological thriller where men imprisoned in Occupied France must draw lots to see who is killed and who is saved. Classic, page-turner from Greene.