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The Comedians

By Graham Greene

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| Paperback | 9780140027662

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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 Greene’s title. Hiding behind their actors’ masks,Continue

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 Greene’s title. Hiding behind their actors’ masks, they hesitate on the edge of life. They are men afraid of love, afraid of pain, afraid of fear itself...

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  • Tragic Comedians

    “As one grows older the writing of a novel does not become more easy, and it seemed to me when I wrote the last words that I had reached an age when another full-length novel was probably beyond my powers.” —Graham Greene after finishing A Burnt-Out ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Mon, 23 Aug 2010

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  • Enjoyed this novel very much: extraordinary characters and intriguing story about Haiti in the 60s

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