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."