Loser Takes All
By (Author) Graham Greene
Vintage Publishing
Vintage Classics
15th November 2001
1st November 2001
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Classic fiction: general and literary
823.912
Paperback
128
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 7mm
97g
'In a class by himself-the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-centuryman's consciousness and anxiety' William Golding Bertram was not a believer in luck or superstitions. An unambitious assistant accountant, his plans for his second marriage are typically quiet- St Luke's, Maida Hill, then two weeks in Bournemouth. But then he comes to the attention of Dreuther, the director of Bertram's company, who changes Bertram's plans for him- wedding and honeymoon in Monte Carlo, on board his private yacht. Inevitably Bertram visits the casino and inevitably he loses. But then his system starts working, and his trouble really begins-
"A great writer who spoke brilliantly to a whole generation." - Alec Guinness
Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.