This set collects the novels Greene labeled entertainments: thrillers he distinguished from his more openly theological books. Stamboul Train follows strangers on a journey toward Istanbul. A Gun for Sale tracks a hired killer after a political assassination. The Confidential Agent sends a weary envoy into a hostile England. The Ministry of Fear places a guilt-ridden man among spies in wartime London. The Third Man and related pieces concern occupied Vienna and other short intrigues. Our Man in Havana shows a vacuum-cleaner salesman inventing a spy network in Cuba. The volumes are suspense fiction of pursuit and bluff, not a single continuous story.
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6 Subjects| No. | Volume Title | Page Count |
|---|---|---|
| Vol. 1 | Stamboul Train, an Entertainment | 242 pp |
| Vol. 2 | A Gun for Sale, an Entertainment | 210 pp |
| Vol. 3 | The Confidential Agent, an Entertainment | 226 pp |
| Vol. 4 | The Ministry of Fear, an Entertainment | 242 pp |
| Vol. 5 | The Third Man, the Fallen Idol, Loser Takes All | 242 pp |
| Vol. 6 | Our Man in Havana, an Entertainment | 234 pp |
Bound in blue cloth with a design (different for each volume) in black and yellow by Grandfield. Yellow endleaves. Blue six-volume slipcase decorated and titled with a design in black and yellow by Grandfield.
| Printing | Print Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Printing | 1996 | — |