
- Publisher:
- VINTAGE
- Year of publication:
- 2004
- ISBN:
- 978-0-09-947838-6
- Pages:
- 265
THE HONORARY CONSUL
GRAHAM GREENE
The gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinian town is considered one of Greenes finest. It tells of Charley Fortnum, the Honorary Consul, a whisky-sodden figure of dubious authority taken by a group of revolutionaries. As Eduardo Plarr, a local doctor, negotiates with authorities and the revolutionaries for Fortnums release, the corruption of both becomes evident. This spare, tense novel explores the morality of a political system that turns priests into killers.