Celebrity Spies, Part 1/3 - The Dangerous Edge of Things | MI6
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Graham Green's Legacy as a Writer
Graham Green loved the fame and vast sums of money he earned writing what he called his entertainment. But he also craved the respect afforded to serious writers. He was devastated by this snub which was undoubtedly in response to his support for Philby and equivocal views on communism. Despite losing out on the Nobel Prize Green's legacy as a writer remains unequivocal. His contribution as a spy is harder to pin down. It's hard to know if his meeting with Ho Chi Minh made any significant difference to the outcome of what was to become the Vietnam War.Green's most important mission was, it seems, to beat the Depression,. The so-called boredom that had hounded him
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