GREENE, Graham. Travels with My Aunt. London: The Bodley Head. [1969.]
8vo. Original dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained mauve, in dust jacket designed by Stephen Russ; pp. 319, [1]; jacket with very light wear to spine ends and spine a little toned; a fine copy in a near fine jacket.
First edition, first issue, in the attractive dust jacket designed by British illustrator Stephen Russ.
Despite adaptations on screen and stage, Travels with My Aunt remains one of Greene's lesser advertised novels. Though Travels deviated from the strong religious theme that permeates some of his more popular work, it posits many questions about secular morality, and the nature of commitment or devotion.
Henry, a retired bank manager, is whisked off on a series of dubious adventures by his charming yet utterly amoral Aunt Augusta. Cue a series of alarming revelations about Augusta's decadent past, and the journey is underway. Due to the somewhat unbelievable nature of the events that unfold over the course of the novel, on occasion it takes on a darkly humorous tone that is notably absent from many of Greene's more popular endeavours.
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