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The Comedians

by Graham Greene · 1966

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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, they hesitate on the edge of life. They are men afraid of love, afraid of pain, afraid of fear itself...

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thisBritish mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisspy thrillerspy thrillerMore like thisLess of this
Themes
traveltravelMore like thisLess of thiscolonialismcolonialismMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisCaribbeanCaribbeanMore like thisLess of thisHaitiHaitiMore like thisLess of thisLatin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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