England Made Me - Graham Greene

Early Greene, and nowhere near as effective as his later work. At times you can see him over-stretching stylistically to poor effect. Nevertheless, there is some value in his characterisations and scene-setting. In particular the monstrous Swedish industrialist Krogh is a memorable amalgam of Melmotte (from Trollope's The Way We Live Now) and that bloke who owns IKEA.

The novel also provided inspiration for this great song: