“Undeniably a major work of art…It remains from first to last an almost faultless display of craftsmanship and a wonderfully assured statement of ideas.” —The New Yorker
“Singularly moving and beautiful…the relationship of lover to husband with its crazy mutation of pity, hate, comradeship, jealousy, and contempt is superbly described…the heroine is consistently lovable.” —Evelyn Waugh
“An absorbing piece of work, passionately felt and strikingly written.” —The Atlantic Monthly
“Brighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter, and The End of the Affair…all have claims to greatness; they are as intense and penetrating and disturbing as an inquisitor’s gaze.” —John Updike
“Graham Greene was in class by himself…. He will be read and remembered as the ultimate twentieth-century chronicler of consciousness and anxiety.” —William Golding
