"The Third Man" is Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a
city of desolate poverty occupied by four powers. Rollo Martins, a
second-rate novelist, arrives penniless in Vienna to visit his old
friend and hero Harry Lime. Harry is dead, but the circumstances
surrounding his death are highly suspicious, and his reputation, at the
very least, dubious
Graham Greene said of "The Third Man" that he 'wanted to entertain
[people], to frighten them a little, to make them laugh' and the
result is both a compeling narrative and a haunting thriller.
"The Fallen Idol" is the chilling story of a small boy caught up in the
games that adults play. Left in the care of the butler, Baines, and his
wife, Philip realizes too late the danger of lies and deceit. But the
truth is even deadlier.