Graham Greene recovering the religious element, the awareness of the drama of the struggle in the soul that carries the permanent consequence of salvation or damnation, and of the ultimate metaphysical realities of good and evil, sin and divine grace, could the novel recover its dramatic power. Suffering and unhappiness are omnipresent in the world Greene depicts; and Catholicism is presented against a background of unvarying human evil, sin, and doubt. V. S. Pritchett praised Greene as the first English novelist since Henry James to present, and grapple with, the reality of evil. Greene concentrated on portraying the characters' internal lives –
Graham Johnson (author) Graham Johnson (author) Graham Johnson (born 4 May 1968) is an author and investigative journalist who has written several books and contributed to a variety of publications. Described in parliament as an "investigative reporter supreme", Johnson has written for publications including the "News of the World", the "Sunday Mirror", "The Observer", "Vice", "The Guardian" and the "Liverpool Echo", and often publishes crime stories under different bylines. He was shortlisted for Reporter of the Year at the 2005 British Press Awards. Johnson has appeared on Sky and BBC as a crime pundit and reporter. He has also made documentaries for Sky,