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A British thriller novel by Graham Greene, set in Argentina during the Dirty War. It involves a doctor, a kidnapped consul, a pregnant lover, and a plot to free political prisoners in Paraguay.
- Graham Greene
- 1973
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These fumbling characters play out an absurd drama of failure, hope, love, and betrayal against a backdrop of political chaos. The Honorary Consul is both a gripping novel of suspense and a penetrating psychological and sociological study of personal and political corruption.
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The Honorary Consul is a British drama film based on Graham Greene's novel, starring Michael Caine and Richard Gere. It tells the story of a doctor who gets involved in a political kidnapping plot in Argentina.
Sep 30, 2008 · In a provincial Argentinean town, Charley Fortnum, a British consul with dubious authority and a weakness for drink, is kidnapped by Paraguayan revolutionaries who have mistaken him for the American ambassador.
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- Graham Greene
- $16.39
- Penguin Classics
The Honorary Consul. Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley Fortnum, a representative in Latin America who is trying to keep Revolution ...
A movie based on Graham Greene's novel about a doctor who falls in love with the wife of a British consul in a Latin American country. The movie features Christopher Hampton, John Mackenzie and Graham Greene as actors and writers.
In a provincial Argentinean town, Charley Fortnum, a British consul with dubious authority and a weakness for drink, is kidnapped by Paraguayan revolutionaries who have mistaken him for the American ambassador.
