| The Comedians Contributor(s): Greene, Graham (Author), Porter, Joseph (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1441703802 ISBN-13: 9781441703804 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: February 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 5.9" (0.55 lbs) 9 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, where corruption and terror reign under the dictatorship of Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. Disillusioned and noncommittal, they are the "comedians" of Greene's title. Brown is a disenchanted English hotel owner; the Smiths are an American couple on a good-will mission; Martha is the young wife of a Latin American diplomat; Jones is an engaging fool. They play their parts, respectable or shady, in the foreground, experiencing love affairs rather than love, enthusiasms but not a faith, and meaningless accidental deaths. Hiding behind their actors' masks, they hesitate on the edge of life, afraid of love, pain, and fear itself. With alternating comedy, irony, and grim violence, Greene weaves these lives in a pattern of mounting suspense. |
Contributor Bio(s): Porter, Joseph: - Joseph Porter studied acting at the Moscow Art Theatre and Depaul University before graduating summa cum laude with a BFA from Wayne State University. Greene, Graham: -Graham Greene (1904-1991) was an English novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was an ardent convert to Catholicism, and religious themes are at the root of much of his writing. He served with the Secret Intelligence Service during the Second World War. His novels are set in places in a state of seedy decay, and many of his locations, such as Vietnam in The Quiet American and Cuba in Our Man in Havana, became international crisis spots. |