The Human Factor
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A masterwork of Cold War espionage fiction, The Human Factor chronicles the quiet unraveling of Maurice Castle, a low-level British intelligence officer whose double life conceals a profound act of loyalty born not from ideology, but from love. Greene constructs a morally complex thriller that argues the most dangerous secrets are not political ones, but personal ones — the kind rooted in gratitude, devotion, and the desperate need to protect those we hold dear. Written with Greene's signature understated tension, the novel presents the spy world not as a glamorous arena of action, but as a grey, bureaucratic machine that grinds human feeling into dust. As Castle's carefully maintained deceptions begin to collapse around him, the narrative uncovers the devastating cost of living between two worlds, belonging fully to neither. Widely regarded as one of Greene's finest late works, The Human Factor stands as a deeply humane and quietly devastating portrait of conscience, complicity, and the impossible weight of ordinary love.
Author: Graham Greene
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, The Bodley Head in Australia, Sydney
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A masterwork of Cold War espionage fiction, The Human Factor chronicles the quiet unraveling of Maurice Castle, a low-level British intelligence officer whose double life conceals a profound act of loyalty born not from ideology, but from love. Greene constructs a morally complex thriller that argues the most dangerous secrets are not political ones, but personal ones — the kind rooted in gratitude, devotion, and the desperate need to protect those we hold dear. Written with Greene's signature understated tension, the novel presents the spy world not as a glamorous arena of action, but as a grey, bureaucratic machine that grinds human feeling into dust. As Castle's carefully maintained deceptions begin to collapse around him, the narrative uncovers the devastating cost of living between two worlds, belonging fully to neither. Widely regarded as one of Greene's finest late works, The Human Factor stands as a deeply humane and quietly devastating portrait of conscience, complicity, and the impossible weight of ordinary love.