"I met Aunt Augusta for the first time at my mother's funeral..."
Described by Graham Greene as "the only book I have written just for the
fun of it," Travels with My Aunt is the story of Hanry Pulling, a
retired and complacent bank manager who meets his septuagenarian Aunt
Augusta for the first time at what he supposes to be his mother's
funeral. She soon persuades Henry to abandon his dull suburban existence
to travel her way--winding through Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, and
Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, one of Greene's greatest comic
creations, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society; mixes with
hippies, war criminals, and CIA men; smokes pot; and breaks all currency
regulations.
Originally published in 1970, Travels with My Aunt offers
intoxicating entertainment, yet also confronts some of the most
perplexing human dilemmas. **This Penguin Deluxe Edition features an
introduction by Gloria Emerson.
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