num_pages: 288
description: Librarian note: This is an alternative cover of ISBN 9780099288527.A leak is traced to a small sub-section of SIS, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions. The sort of atmosphere, perhaps, where mistakes could be made? For Maurice Castle - dull, but brilliant with files - it is the end of the line anyway, and time for him to retire to live peacefully with his African wife, Sarah.To the lonely, isolated, neurotic world of the Secret Service Graham Greene brings his brilliance and perception, laying bare a machine that sometimes overlooks the subtle and secret motivations that impel us all.
language: English
title: The Human Factor
titlecomplete: The Human Factor
characters: Arthur Davis, Maurice Castle
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Espionage, Novels, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 9342
places: London, England
publisher: Vintage