The Comedians
by:
Graham Greene (author)
Three men bound for Haiti during the dictatorship of Papa Doc and his henchmen, the Tontons Macoute, hide behind their masks, hesitating on the edge of life. Reissued in the VINTAGE CLASSICS series, from the author of DOCTOR FISCHER OF GENEVA OR THE BOMB PARTY and THE HUMAN FACTOR.
Three men bound for Haiti during the dictatorship of Papa Doc and his henchmen, the Tontons Macoute, hide behind their masks, hesitating on the edge of life. Reissued in the VINTAGE CLASSICS series, from the author of DOCTOR FISCHER OF GENEVA OR THE BOMB PARTY and THE HUMAN FACTOR.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670232086 (0670232084)
Publish date: January 28th 1966
Publisher: Viking Press (NY)
Pages no: 309
Edition language: English
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" ‘Any news of the Baron?’ It was the name some gave to the President as an alternative to Papa Doc – we dignified his shambling shabby figure with the title of Baron Samedi, who in the Voodoo mythology haunts the cemeteries in his top-hat and tails, smoking his big cigar. ‘They say he hasn’t been s...
This was ok -- some interesting reflections on the comedians in the middle -- but frankly, imo, and given Greene's stature, it should have been better. Hence, a book that's just a notch below 4 gets rounded down to 3. First of all, it has none of the aching beauty of the Quiet American -- perhaps be...
I wonder what it is about me and Greene lately. We just got on so nicely no matter what he wrote...
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