Brought to you by Penguin. 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... ??? Graham Greene 1976 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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Brought to you by Penguin. 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... ??? Graham Greene 1976 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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Add this copy of The Comedians to cart. $11.97, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2005 by Penguin Classics.
Very interesting theme and storyline. Hard to put down.
leevyne
Jun 6, 2013
Papa Doc's Haiti
A tragic country that Greene would have had to invent if it hadn't existed. Although he creates a brilliant story, sadly, the context was tailor-made for one of the twentieth century's finest writers. Somehow both engaged and detached.
