 First edition | |
| Author | Graham Greene |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
Publication date | 1929 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Hardcover (first edition) |
The Man Within (1929) is the first novel by author Graham Greene. It tells the story of Francis Andrews, a reluctant smuggler who betrays his colleagues, and the aftermath of his betrayal. It is Greene's first published novel. (Two earlier attempts at writing novels were never published, but a book of poetry, Babbling April, was published in 1925, while Greene was a student at Balliol College, Oxford).
The title is taken from a sentence in Thomas Browne's Religio Medici: 'There's another man within me that's angry with me.'
Greene, in his preface to the Penguin paperback edition of the book, derides the book as hopelessly romantic.