From AudioFile
This fine production renders homage to a master storyteller and to the narrator who, despite flaws, enlivens these grim tales. Many of Greene's characters play out childish malice in this series of stories set in postwar England. Jacobi is a magnificent projector of innuendo: suggestive, precise. His forte is dialogue. The narrative suffers, however, by theatrical emphasis; the power of Greene's dark humor is set off-balance by overacting. Although each voice is superbly rendered, a less dramatic tone is needed between speeches. S.B.S. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine


Review
?One of the most important British writers of the twentieth century.? ?Daily Telegraph

?Greene was a force beyond his books...The outsider, the dissenter, the spoiled priest, the failure, the classic underdog ? out of characters such as these Greene made novels and stories which have enriched hundreds of thousands of readers.? ?Melvyn Bragg

FROM THE PUBLISHER

In 'The Basement Room' a small boy witnesses an event that blights his whole life. Like the other stories in this book (written between 1929 and 1954), it hinges on the themes that dominate Graham Greene's novels - fear, pity and violence, pursuit, betrayal and man's restless search for salvation.

Some of the stories are comic - poor Mr. Maling's stomach mysteriously broadcasts all sorts of sounds; others are wryly sad - a youthful indiscretion catches up with Mr. Carter in 'The Blue Film.' They can be deeply shocking: in 'The Destructors' a gang of children systematically destroys a man's house. Yet others are hauntingly tragic - a strange relationship between twins that reaches its climax at a children's party. Whatever the mood, each one is a compelling entertainment and unmistakably the work of one of the finest storytellers of the century.

FROM THE CRITICS

AudioFile - Susan B. Stavropoulos