The Ministry of Fear

　　It is 1941 and bombs have turned London into the front line of a world war. In the shadows of the Blitz, Hitler’s agents are running a blackmail operation to obtain documents that could bring the nation to instant defeat. Arthur Rowe, a man once convicted of a notorious mercy killing, stumbles onto a German spy operation in Bloomsbury and must be silenced. But even with his memory taken from him, he is still a very dangerous witness.

　　A taut thriller and a haunting exploration of pity, love, and guilt, The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest of all spy novels.

　　With an introduction by the biographer and editor Professor Richard Greene.

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作者簡介

葛雷安．葛林（Graham Greene）

　　生於一九○四年。牛津大學貝利奧爾學院畢業之後，在《泰晤士報》做過四年副編輯。他的第四本小說《史坦堡特快車》使他聲譽大起。除了寫出很多本長篇小說外，葛林也寫了好幾本短篇小說集、四本遊記、六齣舞台劇、三本自傳《小說家的人生》、《逃避途徑》、《我自己的世界》（出版於他逝世之後）兩本傳記以及四本童書。他也為報章雜誌寫過幾百篇雜文、影評、書評，有些收錄在《沉思錄》和《黑暗中的早晨》文集裡。他寫的長篇和短篇小說很多都拍成了電影，其中《黑獄亡魂》還寫成電影腳本。葛雷安?葛林曾獲功績勳章以及榮譽侍從榮銜。一九九一年四月去世。

　　Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.