GREENE, Graham.

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Stamboul Train. First edition, second issue as usual, with the text corrected to satisfy complaints by J. B. Priestley. Although published as a novel, Greene later categorized the book as an "entertainment".The character of a pompous author appears in the central section of the novel, named "Q. C. Savory" in the first issue. Upon reading a review copy, J. B. Priestley became convinced that Savory was based unflatteringly on him. Priestley threatened to leave Heinemann and, as recalled by Greene in A Sort of Life, "if Heinemann were going to lose an author, they would much prefer to lose me". The majority of references to "Q. C. Savory" in the second issue were changed to "Quin Savory"; only one "Q. C." remained, on page 144.

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