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# End of the Affair, The (The Classic Collection)

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Review: Of love and hate - I wish it were possible to read certain books for the first time without knowing how they will turn out. But publishers seem to imagine that once a book becomes a classic (and this is one of Greene's masterpieces) the plot becomes common property. I read this in the Penguin Centennial edition, lovely to the eye and soft to the touch, yet the inside-cover blurb manages to reveal in two short paragraphs all the plot twists that Greene, as a master thriller writer, does not disclose until well into the second half of the book. You can see some reviewers on this site trying gamely not to let the cat out of the bag, but others (including the editorial reviews at the top) don't even try. So, if by some miracle you don't know how the novel turns out, stop reading NOW, buy the book, turn straight to page 1 without looking at the cover material, and enjoy. But fortunately, even if you do know the general outline, it is a finely written work of art which will give great pleasure anyhow. The title is unusually apt. How daring to start a novel, literally, with the END of an affair! From this point where a novel might normally finish, Greene's character Maurice Bendrix begins not only to recall the course of his affair with Sarah Miles, the wife of a dull neighbor in the civil service, but also to gnaw on that word "end." Fueled by what he calls hate, but which we come to recognize as the obverse of his passion, he obsesses about how it ended, why it ended, and what happens after the end. Convinced that Sarah has left him for another man, he hires a private detective (Parkis, a surprisingly touching character) to follow her. Those who know Greene well may not find it hard to guess what Bendrix ultimately discovers, or that a rather sordid book about adultery would be transformed into a grueling challenge to the existence of God. It may in fact be the most explicitly religious of Greene's so-called Catholic novels, and too much for some readers, especially at the end. But it is a beautifully crafted work which never loses touch with the realities of this world (the Blitz, social conventions, physical sex) in its ultimate convergence on the next.
Review: Lots of depth here - It is written in a clever and interesting format, and is truly about the end of an affair and the aftermath of it. We read this for our book club, and I appreciated the insights of our friend who had read it before. She said that she found the spiritual aspects to be much deeper and had a greater impact on her by reading it a second time. I think it does help the reader to know that the author does believe in God, and this book is really designed to draw us closer to Him despite being largely made up of agnostic/atheist characters. The narrative is interesting and really shows how difficult it is to be happy when doing something wrong.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #7,591,095 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #598 in Classic Literature & Fiction #1,270 in Literary Fiction (Books) #26,552 in Books on CD |
| Customer Reviews | 3.9 out of 5 stars 3,752 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Of love and hate
*by R***E on March 23, 2007*

I wish it were possible to read certain books for the first time without knowing how they will turn out. But publishers seem to imagine that once a book becomes a classic (and this is one of Greene's masterpieces) the plot becomes common property. I read this in the Penguin Centennial edition, lovely to the eye and soft to the touch, yet the inside-cover blurb manages to reveal in two short paragraphs all the plot twists that Greene, as a master thriller writer, does not disclose until well into the second half of the book. You can see some reviewers on this site trying gamely not to let the cat out of the bag, but others (including the editorial reviews at the top) don't even try. So, if by some miracle you don't know how the novel turns out, stop reading NOW, buy the book, turn straight to page 1 without looking at the cover material, and enjoy. But fortunately, even if you do know the general outline, it is a finely written work of art which will give great pleasure anyhow. The title is unusually apt. How daring to start a novel, literally, with the END of an affair! From this point where a novel might normally finish, Greene's character Maurice Bendrix begins not only to recall the course of his affair with Sarah Miles, the wife of a dull neighbor in the civil service, but also to gnaw on that word "end." Fueled by what he calls hate, but which we come to recognize as the obverse of his passion, he obsesses about how it ended, why it ended, and what happens after the end. Convinced that Sarah has left him for another man, he hires a private detective (Parkis, a surprisingly touching character) to follow her. Those who know Greene well may not find it hard to guess what Bendrix ultimately discovers, or that a rather sordid book about adultery would be transformed into a grueling challenge to the existence of God. It may in fact be the most explicitly religious of Greene's so-called Catholic novels, and too much for some readers, especially at the end. But it is a beautifully crafted work which never loses touch with the realities of this world (the Blitz, social conventions, physical sex) in its ultimate convergence on the next.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lots of depth here
*by B***R on February 18, 2014*

It is written in a clever and interesting format, and is truly about the end of an affair and the aftermath of it. We read this for our book club, and I appreciated the insights of our friend who had read it before. She said that she found the spiritual aspects to be much deeper and had a greater impact on her by reading it a second time. I think it does help the reader to know that the author does believe in God, and this book is really designed to draw us closer to Him despite being largely made up of agnostic/atheist characters. The narrative is interesting and really shows how difficult it is to be happy when doing something wrong.

### ⭐⭐⭐ My least favorite of all his books.
*by L***S on February 21, 2016*

The story reads like a blow by blow account of an actual, unfulfilling, extramarital affair. I found it self-absorbed, self-involved, and self-indulgent, which may or may not be the actual case. Who knows. And even more to the point, who cares? That's my primary criticism of this book. I didn't care a bit for any of the primary characters. They weren't interesting, weren't engaging. They whined for 275 pages. The second half of the book is an examination of religion and love of God. Once again, it wasn't interesting because I don't wrestle with these issues in my own life. If I struggled with religion I might have been more open to his struggle. But I don't, so I'm not. I don't think he could have gotten this thing published if it was his first or second novel. All that said, I am a huge fan. I love his direct, clean writing. I guess everybody has a low point in their chosen field. This is Greene's.

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