The End of the Affair

Graham Greene 1951

Devastation Rating

Emotionally Ruined
love faith jealousy London

Our Take

Bendrix writes this memoir out of hatred for Sarah and God — both of whom he holds responsible for the affair's end. Greene makes religious faith the most devastating plot device in British fiction: Sarah's bargain with God is kept, and the keeping of it destroys everyone who loved her.

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