GRAHAM GREENE’S “THE LAWLESS ROADS.”

josephfsciuto Uncategorized March 10, 2019 1 Minute

Pure torture; pure relentless torture. Thank God, I had read ten or more books by Graham Greene before picking this book up because if this was the first book I had read by this literary giant it would have been the last.

“The Lawless Roads” reads like a diary, without any constructive narrative and with run on sentences that makes the works of Proust look like the works of Hemingway; and in reality it is the impressions of Mr. Greene, who as a journalist, went down to Mexico in 1937 to report on the persecution of Catholics by the government in many of the cities and towns. It is the framework for his latest masterpiece “The Power and the Glory” and I am really happy that out of this pile of garbage was born the above mentioned masterpiece. 41KI91LBV0L._SX324_BO1,204,203,200_

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Joseph Sciuto was born and raised in New York City, where he spent his early years listening to his Italian-American grandmother’s vivid stories about how their family was responsible for building much of the impressive Manhattan skyline, including the Empire State Building. The rich flavor of her stories about their family’s heritage still works its way through his writing. Sciuto holds degrees from both John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Stony Brook University and a certificate in film studies from New York University. After studying psychology, film, theater, literature, and English as an undergraduate, he relocated to Southern California to attend graduate school at Loyola Marymount University, where he studied writing and film. Sciuto's next novel, SOFIA, is available on June 27, 2019, following the success of HOLLYWOOD RIPTIDE, TARGETED DEMOGRAPHICS and PER VERSE VENGEANCE. View all posts by josephfsciuto

Published March 10, 2019

2 thoughts on “GRAHAM GREENE’S “THE LAWLESS ROADS.””

Ken Givens says:

March 11, 2019 at 1:40 am

Mr. Sciuto, thank you so much for your honest reviews. I thought honesty and integrity in this country had been laid to the side. Your reviews and novels are saturated in truth and integrity. That is why I continue to follow both.
Joe, “You’re the best” !

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1. josephfsciuto says:
  
  March 11, 2019 at 9:32 am
  
  Thank you, Ken, for the kind word. I really do appreciate them and in all honesty, they have made my day and my day has just started. Have a wonderful day and week. Joe
  
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