The End of the Affair
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Oct 7, 2026
Zoe KazanGUEST
Even though I, like, read all these fancy books in school, there was so much that I missed.
Zoe KazanGUEST
Like, I love Graham Greene, The End of the Affair.
Zoe KazanGUEST
That was a book, like, I only read in my 20s.
Zoe KazanGUEST
Like I said, like, Jane Eyre really spoke to me.
Greg TalbottGUEST
A lot of John Henry Newman, but I found that a lot of the deepest truths, uh, in terms of worldview and theology, were actually in fiction, which is part of why I'm an English teacher man.
Greg TalbottGUEST
Um, I will never forget reading The End of the Affair-
Jack BenceHOST
Mm
Greg TalbottGUEST
... by Graham Greene-
Jared WilsonHOST
That's right.
Jared WilsonHOST
It reminded me of the end of The End of the Affair, a novel by Graham Greene-
Ronnie KurtzHOST
Mm-hmm, yeah
Jared WilsonHOST
... one of my favorite novels, where the atheist character who has lost this woman who, that he was having an affair with, who, uh, essentially broke it off because sh- she found God.
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Felt guilty about all the armed women he disappointed and the vodka martinis.
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Those exploits would become grist for twenty-five lauded novels, including A Quiet American, The End of the Affair, The Beginning of Another Affair With Your Cousin, The Power and the Glory, and The Glory of Banging a Relative, Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right, But Three Aunts Do, and Fidel Castro Was a Hero to Most, But He Never Meant Mierda Para Mi.
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It's the birthday of Groucho Marx, German philosopher who co-authored The Communist Manifesto with Freddie Mercury.
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He had a special cast made of his nose and glasses that were handed out at socialist camps across Europe during the Great Banana Peel and Seltzer Decanter Wars of 1813-19.
Carole Joy SeidHOST
First of all, it's written by Graham Green, who was a very complex Catholic author, and And he doesn't write your typical, you know, quote, Christian books, but his books are very deeply spiritual and thought-provoking.
Carole Joy SeidHOST
So the book that we read is The End of the Affair.
Carole Joy SeidHOST
And I've never read anything by Graham Greene, and I've always wanted to.
Carole Joy SeidHOST
And this is a great short entry-level book.
Jay RuudHOST
Oh, yeah, that's an interesting one.
Jay RuudHOST
And right before the end of the affair.
Stacey Margaret JonesHOST
These are all things that are about goodness and love.
Stacey Margaret JonesHOST
Yes,
Hannah RichellGUEST
And it sort of feels like the conversation you start when you meet is so abruptly cut off when somebody dies so suddenly.
Hannah RichellGUEST
That I think it's Graham Greene who describes it in The End of the Affair as like having, you know, the relationship that belonged to both of you suddenly only exists for one of you, and it's like having limbs gradually amputated because the memories that you held together are suddenly only held by one person.
Hannah RichellGUEST
And when you forget them, they're completely gone.
Hannah RichellGUEST
So there's an element of wanting to sort of, yes, keep Matt close and hold him on the page.