The Human Factor
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears, with minor rubbing to edges. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact hardcover binding.
A masterwork of Cold War fiction, The Human Factor immerses the reader in the shadowy world of British intelligence, where loyalty, love, and conscience collide with devastating consequences. Graham Greene chronicles the story of Maurice Castle, a quiet and unremarkable MI6 officer who harbours a dangerous secret — one rooted not in ideology, but in a profound personal debt of gratitude. Written with Greene's characteristic moral precision and understated suspense, the novel argues that it is not politics, but intimate human bonds, that ultimately determine a person's fate. The narrative uncovers the terrible cost of divided allegiances in a world where trust is both currency and weapon, and where the machinery of the state grinds on indifferently. A profound meditation on betrayal, sacrifice, and what it truly means to be human, this is Greene at the very height of his powers.
Author: Graham Greene
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Bodley Head
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears, with minor rubbing to edges. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact hardcover binding.
A masterwork of Cold War fiction, The Human Factor immerses the reader in the shadowy world of British intelligence, where loyalty, love, and conscience collide with devastating consequences. Graham Greene chronicles the story of Maurice Castle, a quiet and unremarkable MI6 officer who harbours a dangerous secret — one rooted not in ideology, but in a profound personal debt of gratitude. Written with Greene's characteristic moral precision and understated suspense, the novel argues that it is not politics, but intimate human bonds, that ultimately determine a person's fate. The narrative uncovers the terrible cost of divided allegiances in a world where trust is both currency and weapon, and where the machinery of the state grinds on indifferently. A profound meditation on betrayal, sacrifice, and what it truly means to be human, this is Greene at the very height of his powers.