Love and guilt
GREENE, Graham. The End of the Affair. London: William Heinemann, 1951.
8vo. Recently rebound, three quarters black morocco over black textured boards, raised bands to spine, spine lettered in gilt; new endpapers, but retaining original half-title; pp. [vi], 237; original cloth spine bound in at back; even toning to paper-stock; binding fine.
First edition. Greene's tale of adulterous love and guilt is heart-rending, bitter and truthful. The main character, the writer Maurice Bendrix, is based upon Greene himself and carries many of his creator's conflicted feelings.
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