The Honorary Consul (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Graham Greene
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Political realism
- Time of Work: The early 1970’s
- Setting: A port city in northern Argentina and, briefly, Buenos Aires
- Principal Characters: Doctor Eduardo Plarr, Charles Fortnum, Clara Fortnum, Leon Rivas, Doctor Saavedra, Colonel Perez
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Political fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Self-discovery, Politics, Crime or criminals, Police, Revolutions, Kidnapping, Argentina or Argentineans, Diplomacy or diplomats
- Locales: Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Novel
In Graham Greene’s The Honorary Consul a group of Paraguayan revolutionaries attempt to kidnap the American ambassador to Argentina. By mistake, however, they seize Charles Fortnum, the British Honorary Consul, who has accompanied the Ambassador on a visit to some ruins in the north. Much of the action of the novel deals with the consequences, for various individuals, of the bungled kidnaping.
The novel opens in a small river port in northern Argentina on the Tuesday evening of the kidnaping. Doctor Eduardo Plarr is anxious. Because of a complex of...
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