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His first published work was a volume of verse in 1925 and his first novel was The Man Within. Since then he has published more than a dozen novels from The Quiet American, The End of the Affair and The Heart of the Matter to The Comedians. In addition, he has written a number of books which he refers to as\"entertainments,\" such as The Third Man, Brighton Rock and Our Man in Havana.  \nSeveral of Greene's novels and short stories have been made into successful motion pictures and two of his plays were produced on Broadway. His novels have won him an international reputation for subtle characterizations and accomplished craftsmanship. In 1952, Graham Greene was given the Catholic Literary Award for The End of the Affair.  \nBantam Books by Graham Greene Ask your bookseller for the books you have missed  \nBRIGHTON ROCK  \nA BURNT—OUT CASE  \nTHE COMEDIANS  \nTHE HEART OF THE MATTER  \nTHE MAN WITHIN  \nMAY WE BORROW YOUR HUSBAND?  \nTHE MINISTRY OF FEAR  \nORIENT EXPRESS  \nTHE POWER AND THE GLORY  \nTHE QUIET AMERICAN  \nTRAVELS WITH MY AUNT  \nTWENTY—ONE STORIES  \nTO VIVIEN  \nWITH DEAREST LOVE  \nTHE POWER AND THE GLORY  \nPART I  \nChapter One  \nMR. TENCH went out to look for his ether cylinder: out into the blazing Mexican sun and the bleaching dust. A few buzzards looked down from the roof with shabby indifference: he wasn't carrion yet. A faint feeling of rebellion stirred in Mr. Tench's heart, and he wrenched up a piece of the road with splintering finger-nails and tossed it feebly up at them. One of them rose and flapped across the town: over the tiny plaza, over the bust of an ex-president, ex-general, exhuman being, over the two stalls which sold mineral water, towards the river and the sea. It wouldn't find anything there: the sharks looked after the carrion on that side. Mr. Tench went on across the plaza.  \nHe said \"Buenos días\" to a man with a gun who sat in a small patch of shade against a wall. But it wasn't like England: the man said nothing at all, just stared malevolently up at Mr. Tench, as if he had never had any dealings with the foreigner, as if Mr. Tench were not responsible for his two gold bicuspid teeth. Mr. Tench went sweating by, past the Treasury which had once been a church, towards the quay. Half-way across he suddenly forgot what he had come out for—a glass of mineral water? That was all there was to drink in this prohibition state—except beer, but that was a government monopoly and too expensive except on special occasions. An awful feeling of nausea gripped Mr. Tench in the stomach—it couldn't have been mineral water he wanted. Of course, his ether cylinder ... the boat was in. He had heard its exultant piping when he lay on his bed after lunch. He passed the barbers' and two dentists' and came out between a warehouse and the customs onto the river bank.  \nThe river went heavily by towards the sea between the banana plantations: the General Obregon was tied up to the bank, and beer was being unloaded—a hundred cases were already stacked upon the quay. Mr. Tench stood in the shade of [4] the customs house and thought: What am I here for? Memory drained out of him in the heat. He gathered his bile together and spat forlornly into the sun. Then he sat down on a case and waited. Nothing to do. Nobody would come to see him before five.  \nThe General Obregon was about thirty yards long. A few feet of damaged rail, one lifeboat, abell hanging on a rotten cord, an oil-lamp in the bow, she looked as if she might weather two or three more Atlantic years—if she didn't strike a norther in the gulf. That, of course, would be the end of her. It didn't really matter: everybody was insured when he bought a ticket automatically. Half a dozen passengers leant on the rail, among the hobbled turkeys, and stared at the port: the warehouse, the empty baked street with the dentists' and the barbers'.  \nMr. Tench heard a revolver-holster creak just behind ","cbCaioadOijr70DI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioadOijr70DI","pdf",1459489,183,"English","# Part I\n## Chapter One","[{\"question\":\"Who is Graham Greene and what is highlighted about his career?\",\"answer\":\"The text states that Graham Greene was educated at Oxford, published novels and “entertainments,” and gained an international reputation for characterizations and craftsmanship. 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