num_pages: 157
description: Rollo Martins' usual line is the writing of cheap paperback Westerns under the name of Buck Dexter. But when his old friend Harry Lime invites him to Vienna, he jumps at the chance. With exactly five pounds in his pocket, he arrives only just in time to make it to his friend's funeral. The victim of an apparently banal street accident, the late Mr. Lime, it seems, had been the focus of a criminal investigation, suspected of nothing less than being "the worst racketeer who ever made a dirty living in this city." Martins is determined to clear his friend's name, and begins an investigation of his own...The Third Man represents a milestone in British cinema; the collaboration between Graham Greene, the director Carol Reed, and Orson Welles who plays Harry Lime, created an impact which has never lost its force. This edition contains a preface that provides a fascinating study of the relationship between the author and director.
language: English
title: The Third Man
titlecomplete: The Third Man
characters: Harry Lime, Anna Schmidt, Rollo Martins
genres: Literature, Crime, Classics, Espionage, Novels, Thriller, Noir, Fiction, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 14460
places: Vienna, Austria
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Audie Award
category: Mystery
publisher: Viking Adult