The Comedians - Couverture souple

Greene, Graham

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140184945 ISBN 13 : 9780140184945

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1991

Synopsis

Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt "Papa Doc" and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. Brown the hotelier, Smith the innocent American and Jones the confidence man are the "Comedians" of Graham Greene's title.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.

Présentation de l'éditeur

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUX

Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt 'Papa Doc' and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. Brown the hotelier, Smith the innocent American and Jones the confidence man - these are the 'comedians' of Graham Greene's title. Hiding behind their actors' masks, they hesitate on the edge of life. And, to begin with, they are men afraid of love, afraid of pain, afraid of fear itself...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140184945
• ISBN 13: 9780140184945
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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