Reviews for Prisoners

The average rating for Prisoners based on 1 review is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-03-28 00:00:00 Charles Stonehouse If I were not reading everything written by Graham Greene in chronological order in one year, I would never have read this book � and I would have missed a delightful and in-depth conversation between Greene and the book�s author. It is both intimate and testy � vintage Greene. The author is a journalist and the quite beautiful daughter of one of Greene�s good friends, Yves Allain (leader of the French Resistance). For both reasons, I suspect that is why he granted her these extended interviews. Each of the chapters gives Allain�s summary views about Greene and a certain subject. Then she poses the questions and he answers. Sometimes he goes into depth, i.e. �Why did you go to Cuba?� Greene goes on for two pages. For other questions, he answers with a word or two. Sometimes, he argues. For a quick look into the mind of Graham Greene, this is a good place to start. For me, it was actually more intimate and revealing that the 2,200-page official biography by Norman Sherry which leaves one stupefied by boring detail.