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This spy classic (originally published as a novella by Graham Greene) is also a major film noir experience starring Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles. The suspense is crisply written a la Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. The reader follows Rollo Martin as he investigates the death of his best friend, Harry Lime, on the treacherous streets of WW2 Vienna, a city divided by war and corruption. Loved the book and movie! #BookedinTime @Cuilin

A clean, witty banter-filled Hollywoodsy dialogue; quality cityscape atmosphere; nostalgic; campy but fun characterization; sprinkled with cynical, existential quips of pathos and observation. But I read this in a scattered fashion across 15 months; this is probably not the kind of pulp novel for such habitual reading methods. So it didn't make much of an impression and seemed very nebulous and vague as to what was going on. Come for vibes only.

Suspenseful. I could place myself right there in postwar Vienna along with Holly Martins and Harry Lime.

Final book of vacation and my first Graham Greene story ever. I blurbed this one as #booktomovie earlier this year, but it turns out it was written as a movie plot and then published later. I remember really liking the movie. The book moved right along and kept my attention.

The Third Man directed by Carol Reed, 1949. Starting Joseph Cotton, Orson Wells, and Alida Valli. Screen play by the author. Classic. #booktomovie

And still the add a book feature is disabled 😣 so, correct title wrong author. But I'm loving these Amazon original short stories! The journey from having one child through trying for another; through tests and treatments, highs and lows, success and failures, and then the excitement, trials and tribulations of adoption ; the emotions and honesty packed into the short story will stay with you for quite a while!

I traveled back to Vienna just after WW2. And this novella really took me there! #Reading1001 #1001books #Austria backpackEurope

#Reading1001, #TBRtakedown. #February. Seems like an appropriate read for February!

#catchingup on #anditsaugust #day17

Thought I was over my Criterion Collection #addiction , but then I came across this rare gem at my #local #usedbookstore .

In interesting short novel in that it was Greene's initial story for the movie The Third Man and developed alongside the screenplay. It's a bit rough - the actual narrator is Major Calloway which adds too many layers and thankfully Joseph Cotten objected to the awful name "Rollo" forcing a change to "Holly" in the movie (and Rollo and Harry appear to be English rather than American) - but the plot is excellent, Graham Greene takes on the noir.

Short novella. Written as a script first for the now classic movie The Third Man. It does keep your interest and wondering. The POV moves from the narrator to the lead without much warning it made me go "who's talking here" a few times. But overall a solid noir/spy/mystery novella with all the trimmings.

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