Reviews for Travels With My Aunt

The average rating for Travels With My Aunt based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-08-20 00:00:00 Tony Milazzo Some persons are like cats and some � like mice� �and in any case I have a weakness for funerals. People are generally seen at their best on these occasions, serious and sober, and optimistic on the subject of personal immortality. Graham Greene has at once won my attention with his subtle irony � for me it is the best kind of wit. Protagonist and narrator, Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager is a very timorous and highly introvertive man. This is the boy: Too many books by too many authors can be confusing, like too many shirts and suits. I like to change my clothes as little as possible. I suppose some people would say the same of my ideas, but the bank had taught me to be wary of whims. Whims so often end in bankruptcy. His aunt, Aunt Augusta is a woman of the world, she is very extravertive and she knows no scruples. This is the girl: I remembered how at Brighton she had told me that her idea of fame was to be represented at Tussaud�s, dressed in one of her own costumes, and I really believe she would have opted for the Chamber of Horrors rather than have had no image made of her at all. So thrown together they constitute quite an alliance� It was as though I had escaped from an open prison, had been snatched away, provided with a rope ladder and a waiting car, into my aunt�s world, the world of the unexpected character and the unforeseen event. Travels With My Aunt is a weird, witty mystery and for me it turned out to be a real delight.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-07-11 00:00:00 Autumn Acampora [ Why on earth did Greene have Henry engaged to a 14 year old South American girl (they will marry as soon as she turns 16) right on the last page? What is this? I found that deeply disturbing and want to know why Greene added that part, especially right at the end (hide spoiler)]