Search - The End of the Affair (Twentieth Century Classics)

Highly literary writing often makes this one slow-going, but it's worth the read. Greene explores the theme of committment, in every definition throughout the book. With a single sentence muttered entirely out of fear, one character changes two lives forever. The depth to which Greene considers how committed a person can possibly be to a person, an idea, or a life is possibly the greatest study of this act in literature.

Recommended if you're looking for a deep and satisfying read.

One of the greatest love stories in modern fiction. Second perhaps only to Nabokov's "Lolita." Not for the squeamish though -- the speaker informs the reader at the outset of the story that it is one of hate, not love, which, of course, is the best angle from which to approach a deeper unserstanding of love. Greene's finest work, in my opinion.

I picked up this book after reading Ian McEwan's Atonement, which left me feeling utterly stupid b/c I just didn't "get it." This book restored my faith in my own brain. What a fabulous story, great writing, vivid descriptions. Was very glad I picked up a classic for the first time in ages.