简介：GrahamGreene’s50booksspannedsevendecadesandsoldtensofmillionsofcopiesincountlesslanguages.Morethan100ofhisstorieshavebeenadaptedfortelevision,theaterandfilm—some,suchas"TheQuietAmerican"and"TheEndoftheAffair,"twice.　　Asajournalistfor60years,Greenecoveredthemostdangerouseventsofthepastcentury:Kenya’sMauMauRebellion,theVietnamWar,Haiti’s“nightmarerepublic,”theriseofCastroandthefalloftheSovietUnion.　　DangerousEdge:ALifeofGrahamGreene,thefirstAmerican-produceddocumentaryaboutGreene,weaveshisnovels,including"TheQuietAmerican,""BrightonRock,""TheEndoftheAffair"and"TheThirdMan,"andmoviesintothestoryofhislifeandrevealsanextraordinarymanwhotraveledtheglobetoescapetheboredomofordinaryexistence.Participantsinclude;novelistsJohnMortimer,JohnLeCarréandDavidLodge,writerPaulTheroux,formerCIAoperativeandauthorFrederickHitz,andGreene’sdaughterCarolineBourget.　　Greene’swritingcapturestheessenceofwhatitmeanstobehuman:Thestrugglebetweenfaithanddoubt,loveandbetrayal,actionandinaction,theindividualandthestate.Greenefamouslywarnedwriterstoavoidpersonal,politicalandideologicalties:Awritermust“haveasliveroficeinhisheart,”hesaid,and“beapieceofgritintheStatemachinery.”　　AfterGreene’sdeathin1991,PaulGraywroteinTIMEMagazine,“NoseriouswriterofthetwentiethcenturyhasmorethoroughlyinfluencedthepublicimaginationthanGrahamGreene.”Hisinfluencecontinues.　　Greeneisquotedonaverage100timeseverymonthinpublicationsaroundtheworld,andtheBritishFilmInstituterecentlyvotedTheThirdMantheindustry’sbestBritishfilm.　　WhileGreene’sworkandinfluenceareapparent,Greenethemanremainsanenigma.Despiterepeatedsuicideattempts,helivedtobe86.HewasaBritishspywhobefriendedtraitorKimPhilby.HewasacommittedCatholicwhoreferredtohimselfasa“Catholicagnostic.”Hecravedanonymity,yethiswritingmadehimfamous.　　Greeneattributedsuchincongruitiestomanicdepression.Ratherthanallowinghisconditiontocripplehim,however,hechanneleditintoenormouscreativity,andfromhisdeathwishultimatelyspranganacuteawarenessofthevalueoflife.…