{"product_id":"2026600000363-secondhand-ways-of-escape","title":"Ways Of Escape","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA candid and reflective memoir, Ways of Escape chronicles Graham Greene's restless life as both a writer and a traveler, tracing the journeys — physical, psychological, and creative — that shaped his most celebrated works. Greene presents his wanderings through war zones, political hotspots, and morally ambiguous corners of the world not merely as adventure, but as a necessary flight from the anxieties and depression that shadowed him throughout his life. With characteristic wit and unflinching honesty, he illuminates the deep connections between his turbulent experiences and the novels they inspired, from The Quiet American to Our Man in Havana. The tone is intimate yet unsentimental, offering readers a rare window into the mind of one of the twentieth century's most gifted literary observers. Equal parts autobiography and literary criticism, it stands as an indispensable companion to Greene's fiction, revealing how danger, faith, and moral complexity were not just themes he wrote about — they were the very conditions under which he could write at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792247763163,"sku":"2026600000363-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/018de437-e21a-4771-9ca8-a71aa9866726.png?v=1779274009","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000363-secondhand-ways-of-escape","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}