In a provincial Argentinean town, Charley Fortnum, a British consul with dubious authority and a weakness for drink, is kidnapped by Paraguayan revolutionaries who have mistaken him for the American ambassador. Dr. Eduardo Plarr, a local physician with his own divided loyalties, serves as the negotiator between the rebels and the authorities. These fumbling characters play out an absurd drama of failure, hope, love, and betrayal against a backdrop of political chaos. <b><i>The Honorary Consul</i></b> is both a gripping novel of suspense and a penetrating psychological and sociological study of personal and political corruption. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Mark Bosco.<br><br>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
In a provincial Argentinean town, Charley Fortnum, a British consul with dubious authority and a weakness for drink, is kidnapped by Paraguayan revolutionaries who have mistaken him for the American ambassador. Dr. Eduardo Plarr, a local physician with his own divided loyalties, serves as the negotiator between the rebels and the authorities. These fumbling characters play out an absurd drama of failure, hope, love, and betrayal against a backdrop of political chaos. <b><i>The Honorary Consul</i></b> is both a gripping novel of suspense and a penetrating psychological and sociological study of personal and political corruption. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Mark Bosco.<br><br>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Exploring political tension, espionage, and moral conflict across six decades of writing, The Power and the Glory established a distinct blend of atmospheric thrillers and theological drama. English author, playwright, and literary critic Graham Greene produced over twenty-five novels, numerous plays, film screenplays, and short stories that achieved both widespread popularity and critical esteem.
Born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, in 1904, Greene was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1925. He began his professional career in journalism, working as a subeditor for The Times in London from 1926 to 1930, and later serving as a film critic for Night and Day and The Spectator, where he also worked as literary editor from 1940 to 1941. During World War II, Greene served with the Foreign Office in Africa between 1941 and 1944. Over a writing life spanning more than sixty years, he published notable works such as Brighton Rock in 1938 and England Made Me, earning major honors including the 1941 Hawthornden Prize for The Power and the Glory and the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Heart of the Matter.
Greene divided much of his fiction into serious Catholic novels and lighter thrillers or espionage stories that he described as entertainments. His prose frequently addresses complex moral dilemmas, faith, personal betrayals, and political intrigue set against international backdrops. Beyond his fiction, Greene wrote several plays, autobiographical works, travel books, and screenplays, with more than twenty of his works adapted for cinema, including the film noir classic The Third Man. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966 and 1967.
8 books in catalog
Exploring political tension, espionage, and moral conflict across six decades of writing, The Power and the Glory established a distinct blend of atmospheric thrillers and theological drama. English author, playwright, and literary critic Graham Greene produced over twenty-five novels, numerous plays, film screenplays, and short stories that achieved both widespread popularity and critical esteem.
Born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, in 1904, Greene was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1925. He began his professional career in journalism, working as a subeditor for The Times in London from 1926 to 1930, and later serving as a film critic for Night and Day and The Spectator, where he also worked as literary editor from 1940 to 1941. During World War II, Greene served with the Foreign Office in Africa between 1941 and 1944. Over a writing life spanning more than sixty years, he published notable works such as Brighton Rock in 1938 and England Made Me, earning major honors including the 1941 Hawthornden Prize for The Power and the Glory and the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Heart of the Matter.
Greene divided much of his fiction into serious Catholic novels and lighter thrillers or espionage stories that he described as entertainments. His prose frequently addresses complex moral dilemmas, faith, personal betrayals, and political intrigue set against international backdrops. Beyond his fiction, Greene wrote several plays, autobiographical works, travel books, and screenplays, with more than twenty of his works adapted for cinema, including the film noir classic The Third Man. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966 and 1967.
