Henry Green
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Henry Green was the nom de plume of Henry Vincent Yorke (October 29, 1905-December 13, 1973) . He was born near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire of an educated family with successful business interests in Birmingham. He went to Eton College and Oxford, which he left in 1926 without taking a degree. He served as a fireman during World War II. He is the author of numerous novels of social satire.
Henry Green was a friend of British novelist Graham Greene, whose real name was in fact Henry Graham Greene.
Bibliography
- Blindness (1926)
- Living (1929)
- Party Going (1939)
- Pack My Bag (1940)
- Caught (1943)
- Loving (1945)
- Back (1946)
- Concluding (1948)
- Nothing (1950)
- Doting (1952)
External links
- A review by Thomas C Foster (http://www.centerforbookculture.org/review/RCF_extracts/00_3_green1.html)
- "Reading Henry Green," by Brooke Allen, from The New Criterion (http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/11/mar93/green.htm)
- "Traveling With Class: Language and Politics in the Novels of Henry Green" by Joey Rubin,' (http://www.reed.edu/~rubinj/greenthesis.htm)
Books
Romancing: The Life and Work of Henry Green by Jeremy Treglown ISBN 0571168981