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The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene is a novel that explores the themes of love, betrayal, and political turmoil. The story is set in a small town in Argentina, where the British consul, Charles Fortnum, is kidnapped by a group of revolutionaries. The kidnappers mistake Fortnum for the American ambassador, who they had planned to kidnap in ...
Jan 1, 2001 · Graham Greene, Nicholas Shakespeare (Introduction) The Honorary Consul is a British thriller novel by Graham Greene, published in 1973. It was one of the author's favourite works. The story is set in an unnamed city in northern Argentina, near the border with Paraguay which can be assumed to be the city of Corrientes. 265 pages, Paperback.
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Jun 17, 2019 · A drunk is an unlikely hero, but Charley Fortnum, the dissipated “honorary consul” himself, is the most virtuous man in the novel. He has courage in the face of death, a true and unconditional love for his wife Clara, and forgiveness for the adulterer Plarr, all of which seem to counterbalance his vices in a way that leaves us ashamed of our initial disdain for this man.
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After the British consul, Charley Fortnum, is kidnapped by Paraguayans who mistake him for the American ambassador, Plarr visits the British embassy in a futile quest to get the British government ...
Plot Summary. The Honorary Consul is a novel by Graham Greene that tells the story of a British consul, Charles Fortnum, who is kidnapped by a group of revolutionaries in Argentina. The kidnappers mistake Fortnum for the American ambassador and demand the release of their comrades in exchange for his freedom.
Colonel Perez of the local police, a friend of Plarr, also suspects that Plarr knows something about the situation, partly because his father’s name is on the list of prisoners to be released ...
The Honorary Consul is both a gripping novel of suspense and a penetrating psychological and sociological study of personal and political corruption. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Mark Bosco.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.
