Graham Greene · 1969 · global

Graham Greene's 1969 comic novel. Henry Pulling, a staid retired bank manager, meets his outrageous Aunt Augusta at his mother's funeral and is swept out of his dull suburban life into her world of smuggling and intrigue, travelling with her from Brighton to Paris, aboard the Orient Express to Istanbul, and finally across the world to Paraguay.

1. 1
   London

   At his mother's funeral, the retired bank manager Henry meets his flamboyant, septuagenarian Aunt Augusta, who promptly upends his quiet life.

2. 2
   Brighton

   She takes him first to Brighton, where her past, full of lovers and dubious schemes, begins to surface.

3. 3
   Paris

   On to Paris, and the discovery that Augusta has lived a long life of glorious disrepute.

4. 4
   Istanbul

   Aboard the Orient Express across Europe to Istanbul, on the trail of her great lost love and his smuggled fortune.

5. 5
   Buenos Aires

   Across the Atlantic to South America, as Henry abandons his old, careful self for good.

6. 6
   Asuncion

   And up the river to Paraguay, where Augusta reunites with her war-criminal lover and Henry chooses, at last, to truly live.