Graham greene the destructors biography of christopher

1954 short story by Graham Greene

This article is about the short story. For the punk rock band, see The Destructors (band).

Graham greene the destructors biography of christopher

For the 1968 film, see The Destructors (film). For the 1974 film, see The Marseille Contract.

"The Destructors" is a 1954 short story written by Graham Greene,^[1] first published in Picture Post^[2] and subsequently collected in Twenty-One Stories later that year.^[3]

Plot

Set in the mid-1950s, the story is about the "Wormsley Common Gang", a boys' gang named after the place where they live.

The protagonist Trevor, or "T.", devises a plan to destroy a beautiful 200-year-old house that survived The Blitz. The gang accepts the plan by T., their new leader, and executes it when the owner of the house, Mr. Thomas (whom the gang call "Old Misery"), is away during a bank holiday weekend.

Their plan is to destroy the house from inside, then tear down the remaining outer structure. Mr. Thomas returns home ear