The Comedians (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Graham Greene
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Tragicomedy
- Time of Work: Several weeks in the early 1960’s
- Setting: Haiti and the Dominican Republic
- Principal Characters: Brown, Martha Pineda, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith, “Major” Jones
- Genres: Long fiction, Suspense
- Subjects: Dictators, Social action, 1960’s, Power, personal or social, Politics, Crime or criminals, Revolutions, Violence, Hotels, motels, or inns, Corruption, Haiti or Haitians, Vegetarianism
- Locales: Haiti, Dominican Republic
The Novel
From the relative safety of the Dominican Republic, Brown recalls the events of his recent past in Haiti. He remembers his return to Port-au-Prince from New York on board the Medea, a Dutch cargo ship. On the passage, he meets the Smiths, an elderly couple from Wisconsin who hope to establish a vegetarian center in Port-au-Prince, and the British “Major” Jones, who drops mysterious hints about his exploits as a jungle fighter in Burma during World War II.
The owner of the Hotel Trianon in the hills above Port-au-Prince, Brown was unsuccessful in finding a...
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