Whose better? Graham Greene or John Le Carre??

Answer 1

I read Greene's ‘End Of The Affair’ when I was 16yrs old. I had no idea really what I was reading, but I loved it. For some reason I was sad that I might never experience anything close to what his characters went through. I needn’t have worried, the next year Jean-Paul broke my heart and I was thankful to Greene for allowing me an insight into many more future plights. Le Carre writes magnificent characters and his stories are complex and I often miss tube stops when engrossed in his books, however Greene has the extra edge. Although, it might have been different had I been reading ‘The Naive and Sentimental Lover’ when I met Jean-Paul…!

Answer 2

John Le Carre

Answer 3

Graham Greene without a doubt. John Le Carre was good on his own level until people started praising him as a writer, upon which he started "writing" and his books went steadily downhill. Not the only one of course.

Answer 4

I read both but my priority vote's to John le Carre because for some reasons I read his "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" first and it impressed me to the extent that I've regarded the hero, Alec Leamas, as my best spy who risked his life to save Liz. Indeed, I read the novel twice and will read it again and again. It's too sad to know that he couldn't make it, I mean his safe escape, and his brevity's on my mind forever.

Answer 5

It is not a contest. Graham Greene was a writer of genuine literary works, many on reading lists in universities. The other mentioned is probably a pen name, first, and second, THOSE books are popular fiction only.

Answer 6

They are both good but I prefer Graham Greene for a lot of reasons. Actually John LeCarre "entertains" me quicker and better, but Graham Greene is such a virtuoso.

Answer 7

Graham Greene.

Both are excellent authors but Greene explores more of the moral and political issues affecting society.

Answer 8

Both are very good. But Le Carré is the best, by far. "The Spy that Came in Frm the Cold" is a masterpiece and George Smiley is the most human spy in literature (and credible as well).