Graham Greene once wrote that Innocence is a kind of insanity. This book examines the many
shades of innocence in Greene's characters: the blank innocence depraved innocence and absurd
innocence of Anthony Farrant the piteous innocence of Pinkie the simple innocence of Raven
the pure innocence of Father Quixote the paradoxical innocence of the Whisky Priest the
inverted innocence of Sarah Miles the faithful innocence of Father Rivas the Dog-Ears Priest
the intrusive innocence of Doctor Fischer and the playful innocence of Harry Lime. The complex
concept of innocence is found to be a prevailing theme in Greene's novels.
