《The Honorary Consul》是2004年Vintage Classics出版的圖書，作者是Graham Greene。
基本介紹
- 中文名：The Honorary Consul
- 作者：Graham Greene
- 出版社：Vintage Classics
- ISBN：9780099478386
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
The gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinian town is considered one of Greene’s 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 authorities and the revolutionaries for Fortnum’s release, the corruption of both becomes evident. This spare, tense novel explores the morality of a political system that turns priests into killers.
作者簡介
Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.
