The Honorary Consul

By - Korda, Michael, 1933 , Greene, Graham, 1904-1991

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Vintage, London, 1999

ISBN 10 - 0099288532

ISBN 13 - 9780099288534

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Argentina

Shelf No - 1

Call Number - 823.912 GRE

Physical Description - 265 pages ; 20 cm.

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Graham Greene's gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinian town is considered one of his 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 revolutionaries and authorities for Fortnum's release, the corruption of both becomes evident. In this spare, tense novel, Graham Greene explores the morality of a political system that turns priests into killers.

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