{"product_id":"the-comedians-paperback","title":"The Comedians - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGraham Greene\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Theroux\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt \"Papa Doc\" and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. Brown the hotelier, Smith the innocent American, and Jones the confidence man--these are the \"comedians\" of Greene's title. Hiding behind their actors' masks, they hesitate on the edge of life. They are men afraid of love, afraid of pain, afraid of fear itself... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Greene \u003c\/b\u003e(1904-1991), whose long life nearly spanned the length of the twentieth century, was one of its greatest novelists. Educated at Berkhamsted School and Balliol College, Oxford, he started his career as a sub-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Times of London. \u003c\/i\u003eHe began to attract notice as a novelist with his fourth book, \u003ci\u003eOrient Express, \u003c\/i\u003ein 1932. In 1935, he trekked across northern Liberia, his first experience in Africa, recounted in \u003ci\u003eA Journey Without Maps \u003c\/i\u003e(1936). He converted to Catholicism in 1926, an edifying decision, and reported on religious persecution in Mexico in 1938 in \u003ci\u003eThe Lawless Roads, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich served as a background for his famous \u003ci\u003eThe Power and the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, one of several \"Catholic\" novels (\u003ci\u003eBrighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter, The End of the Affair). \u003c\/i\u003eDuring the war he worked for the British secret service in Sierra Leone; afterward, he began wide-ranging travels as a journalist, which were reflected in novels such as \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet American, Our Man in Havana, The Comedians, Travels with My Aunt, The Honorary Consul, The Human Factor, Monsignor Quixote, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Captain and the Enemy. \u003c\/i\u003eIn addition to his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, two books of autobiography--\u003ci\u003eA Sort of Life \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWays of Escape\u003c\/i\u003e--two biographies, and four books for children. He also contributed hundreds of essays and film and book reviews to \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator \u003c\/i\u003eand other journals, many of which appear in the late collection \u003ci\u003eReflections. \u003c\/i\u003eMost of his novels have been filmed, including \u003ci\u003eThe Third Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which the author first wrote as a film treatment. Graham Greene was named Companion of Honour and received the Order of Merit among numerous other awards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Theroux\u003c\/b\u003e, an internationally acclaimed travel writer, is also the author of over two dozen novels and works of non-fiction. He divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian Islands.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.86 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47226943275257,"sku":"9780143039198","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YjdNc1ZMZEJqRUtoY003cDlNaE0rZz09.webp?v=1768273637","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-comedians-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}