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This expansive and compelling literary biography details the many trips to Spain and Portugal that Graham Greene took in the last years of his life in the company of his friend, the priest and professor Leopoldo Durán. It shows how these trips...
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This expansive and compelling literary biography details the many trips to Spain and Portugal that Graham Greene took in the last years of his life in the company of his friend, the priest and professor Leopoldo Durán. It shows how these trips provided the inspiration for Monsignor Quixote (1982), which became Greene's favourite of his own novels. Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Priest Who Invited Greene: The Life of Leopoldo Dura-.25exn before 1975 -- 2 The Travels: A Day-by-Day Account -- 2.1 16-28 July 1976: A Tradition Is Born -- 2.2 13-27 July 1977: New Rituals, Portugal, and Quixotic Inspiration -- 2.3 12-26 July 1978: Imagining Monsignor Quixote -- 2.4 15-30 July 1979: Monsignor Quixote Takes Shape -- 2.5 6-25 July 1980: Guest of Honour of the Mayor of Madrid -- 2.6 3-15 July 1981: Putting the Finishing Touches to Monsignor Quixote -- 2.7 3-12 January 1982: Winter in Portugal -- 2.8 2-7 June 1983: The First Visit to the Murrieta Bodegas -- 2.9 9-19 August 1984: Goodbye to Portugal -- 2.10 23 April-2 May 1985: Monsignor Quixote Rides Again -- 2.11 18-23 May 1985: The Shooting of Monsignor Quixote Is Completed -- 2.12 23 July-2 August 1985: In Navarre Country -- 2.13 6-17 August 1986: The Last `Normal' Trip -- 2.14 3-12 August 1987: Guests of the House of Creixell -- 2.15 25-31 March 1989: Liquidation! -- 3 The Years of Friendship with Greene (1976-91) -- 3.1 Work and Occupation -- 3.2 Health and Other Personal Matters -- 3.3 Meetings in Antibes -- 3.4 Monsignor Quixote c'est moi -- 3.5 Monsignor Quixote, the film -- 3.6 Fame -- 4 On the Track of Murrieta: The Decline and Fall of the Graham Greene Foundation -- 4.1 The Child Is Born -- 4.2 The Foundation Is Wound Up -- 4.3 Epilogue -- 5 To Tell or Not to Tell: Writing Friend and Brother -- 5.1 Offers -- 5.2 Pulling It Together -- 5.3 Reactions -- 5.4 Monetary Matters -- 6 The Final Years of Leopoldo Durn -- 6.1 The Sale of the Treasures -- 6.2 Last Windmills -- 7 Conclusions: The Spy Who Came to La Mancha -- Images -- Bibliography -- Index.
