First Lines: Graham Greene - Our Man in Havana

'That nigger going down the street,' said Dr Hasselbacher standing in the Wonder Bar, 'he reminds me of you, Mr Wormold.'

First Lines: Graham Greene - The Ministry of Fear

There was something about a fête which drew Arthur Rowe irresistibly, bound him a helpless victim to the distant blare of a band and the knock-knock of wooden balls against coconuts.

First Lines: Graham Greene - Journey Without Maps

The tall black door in the narrow city street remained closed.

First Lines: Graham Greene - The End of the Affair

(art: Adi Hollander)

A story has no beginning or end; arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.