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: On a whim, Rowe visits a charity garden party where he inadvertently wins a cake by guessing its weight. Unknown to him, the cake contains a hidden microfilm containing vital British secrets intended for Nazi agents. Ministry of Fear

: Following the fête, Rowe becomes the target of a ruthless spy ring. After a narrow escape from a bomb that destroys his lodgings, he seeks help from the "Free Mothers" organization, where he meets Anna Hilfe and her brother Willi , two Austrian refugees. The Ministry of Fear: An Entertainment (Penguin Classics)

Greene weaves complex philosophical questions into the fast-paced espionage plot: After a narrow escape from a bomb that

The story follows , a middle-aged, lonely man living in war-torn London. Rowe carries a heavy burden: years earlier, he committed a "mercy killing" of his terminally ill wife, an act for which he was acquitted but never spiritually forgiven.