Legendary C20 English author, miserablist and writer of unhappy stories which tellingly encapsulate unpleasant truths of human nature. Converted to Catholicism prior to writing about it a fair bit, not actually in an aspect that you'd think would tempt you to convert.... Also a fleeting member of the Communist Party prior to writing about it a fair bit, not actually in an aspect that you'd think would tempt you to convert.... Close friend of certain members of the Cambridge Spy Ring, privately condemned by American Red-baiters and Pope Pius the Twelfth.... 'Brighton Rock', 'The Third Man' and 'The Human Factor' are his most famous novels, but I think you'd also like 'Dr Fischer of Geneva, Or, The Bomb Party' - which is very short and sums up the spirit of the man [Note: not "summons"]. Brief biography: http://members.tripod.com/~greeneland/bio.htm CategoryAuthor