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The Captain and the Enemy
Graham Greene
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Description for The Captain and the Enemy
Paperback. A young boy, Victor, is collected from school by a stranger in a bowler hat - the stranger says he has won Victor in a game of backgammon with Victor's father. The stranger, known as the Captain, takes Victor to live with the sweet but withdrawn Lisa, where he serves as her conduit to the outside world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
A young boy, Victor, is collected from school by a stranger in a bowler hat - the stranger says he has won Victor in a game of backgammon with Victor's father. The stranger, known as the Captain, takes Victor to live with the sweet but withdrawn Lisa, where he serves as her conduit to the outside world. From mysterious beginnings, Graham Greene's final novel becomes a twisting thriller of smuggling, jewel theft and international espionage which culminates in a dramatic showdown in Panama.
A young boy, Victor, is collected from school by a stranger in a bowler hat - the stranger says he has won Victor in a game of backgammon with Victor's father. The stranger, known as the Captain, takes Victor to live with the sweet but withdrawn Lisa, where he serves as her conduit to the outside world. From mysterious beginnings, Graham Greene's final novel becomes a twisting thriller of smuggling, jewel theft and international espionage which culminates in a dramatic showdown in Panama.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099529149
SKU
V9780099529149
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-46
About Graham Greene
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Captain and the Enemy
One of the two or three novelists who really count
V.S. Pritchett A slim and curious tale
The Times
At once Dickensian and new, an exploration of the soul of a young boy and a portrait of sad loving by memorable adults
Chicago Tribune
In this short, skillful book we enter those disparate worlds Greene ... Read more
V.S. Pritchett A slim and curious tale
The Times
At once Dickensian and new, an exploration of the soul of a young boy and a portrait of sad loving by memorable adults
Chicago Tribune
In this short, skillful book we enter those disparate worlds Greene ... Read more