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Ever since he first read Graham Greene, Pico Iyer has been obsessed by the figure of the writer and by one of the great themes of Greenes work: what it means to be an outsider. Wherever he has travelledusually as an outsider himselfIyer has found reminders of Greenes life, observed scenes that might have been written by Greene, written stories that recall Greene. Yet, Ever since he first read Graham Greene, Pico Iyer has been obsessed by the figure of the writer and by one of the great themes of Greenes work: what it means to be an outsider. Wherever he has travelledusually as an outsider himselfIyer has found reminders of Greenes life, observed scenes that might have been written by Greene, written stories that recall Greene. Yet, as Iyer recounts the history of his obsession, another phantom image begins to assert itself, one that Iyer had long banished from his inner lifethat of his father.
Ever since he first read Graham Greene, Pico Iyer has been obsessed by the figure of the writer and by one of the great themes of Greenes work: what it means to be an outsider. Wherever he has travelledusually as an outsider himselfIyer has found reminders of Greenes life, observed scenes that might have been written by Greene, written stories that recall Greene. Yet, Ever since he first read Graham Greene, Pico Iyer has been obsessed by the figure of the writer and by one of the great themes of Greenes work: what it means to be an outsider. Wherever... Read More