Description
Francis Andrews flees the smugglers he once betrayed, seeking refuge in a Sussex cottage where he meets Elizabeth and finds himself drawn into a fragile, hopeful love. But the consequences of his testimony ripple outward: as he becomes a witness in the trial that follows, his past choices turn intimate shelter into a target, forcing him to confront what it means to be “good” when survival and loyalty collide. Graham Greene’s first novel blends suspense with moral inquiry, probing cowardice and courage, father-son tensions, and the uneasy distance between doing the right thing and paying for it. With Greene’s early, sharply observant style, *The Man Within* asks whether a man can live with the self he has created—and what it costs when the truth arrives too late.
Available Editions
paperback
William Heinemann Ltd
Published Mar 8, 1976
240 pages
ISBN: 9780434305667
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First Published
1929
Language
eng
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