Until 1970, Graham Greene made a sharp distinction between his novels and his lighter fiction, which he called "entertainments. "The use of the two categories seems to indicate that the latter books are trivial and inferior; yet Peter Wolfe shows that the entertainments are more than escape fiction; they are, rather, an almost distinct new genre.Wolfe focuses on seven books, from "Orient Express "(1932) to "Our Man in Havana "(1958), showing recurring themes as well as the evolution of the entertainment form.Graham Greene enthusiasts will find this new book particularly valuable for its long and careful look at the less-discussed works, while readers of thrillers will appreciate Wolfe s analysis of them as a literary genre."
- ISBN10 0809305801
- ISBN13 9780809305803
- Publish Date 1 October 1972
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 October 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English