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I think this novel is unusually in the sense that usually, the plot is in the foreground and everything else in the background. A lesser novelist would dispense with the plot to foreground everything else that is at place in the novel but Greene can develop an elaborate plot just to make it disappear by that magic of his. The plot comes across as a crutch for that desperate pseudo-activity of the characters.
— Apr 27, 2015 05:55AM
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Jonathan Widell
is on page 167 of 272
I think this novel is unusual in the sense that, usually, the plot is in the foreground and everything else in the background. A lesser novelist would dispense with the plot to foreground everything else that is at place in the novel but Greene can develop an elaborate plot just to make it disappear by that magic of his. The plot is a crutch for the characters' pseudo-activity: "Life always repeated the same pattern.
— Apr 27, 2015 06:06AM
Jonathan Widell
is on page 167 of 272
I think this novel is unusual in the sense that, usually, the plot is in the foreground and everything else in the background. A lesser novelist would dispense with the plot to foreground everything else that is at place in the novel but Greene can develop an elaborate plot just to make it disappear by that magic of his. The plot becomes a crutch for that desperate pseudo-activity of the characters.
— Apr 27, 2015 05:58AM
