The comedians, Graham Greene ; introduction by Paul Theroux
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The comedians, Graham Greene ; introduction by Paul Theroux
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. xix-xx)
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no index present
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fiction
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The comedians
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bibliography
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Graham Greene ; introduction by Paul Theroux
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Penguin classics
Summary
Haiti, under the rule of Papa Doc and his menacing paramilitary, the Tontons Macoute, has long been abandoned by tourists. Now it is home to corrupt capitalists, foreign ambassadors and their lonely wives - and a small group of enterprising strangers rocking into port on the Dutch cargo ship, Medea: a well-meaning pair of Americans claiming to bring vegetarianism to the natives; a former jungle fighter in World War II Burma and current confidence man; and an English hotelier returning home to the Trianon, an unsalable shell of an establishment on the hills above the capital. Each is embroiled in a charade. But when they're unsuspectingly bound together in this nightmare republic of squalid poverty, torrid love affairs, and impending violence, their masks will be stripped away
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