Seven of the best books on envy

At The Barnes & Noble Book Blog Sara Jonsson tagged seven of the best literary treatments of envy, including:The Quiet American, by Graham Greene

Another novel that takes place during a war, this time Vietnam, that leaves people empty, lost, and envious of anyone who remembers their purpose. Thomas Fowler, a British journalist, meets Alden Pyle, an American CIA agent who is intellectual, quiet,