That story is "The Basement Room."
In one story by this author, the boy "T" leads a group of children in destroying Mr. Thomas's home when he is away on vacation; that work is called "The Destructors." Another short story by this author sees the butler Baines fall in the eyes of young Phillip after Baines murders his wife. That story is "The Basement Room." In a novel by this man, the protagonist leaves a nasty message on a phonograph for his wife, who looks forward to hearing his voice after he blinds himself with the vitriol he always carries and runs off a cliff. Earlier that protagonist had killed Fred, a reporter calling himself Kolly Kibber for a newspaper contest. The dentist Mr. Tench is the first to see another novel's protagonist, the unnamed "whiskey priest" trying to evade capture by the Communist Mexican government. For 10 points, name this author of Brighton Rock and The Power and the Glory.
In one story by this author, the boy "T" leads a group of children in destroying Mr. Thomas's home when he is away on vacation; that work is called "The Destructors."
Graham {Greene}