5/28/2023 0 Comments The comedians by graham greene![]() Henry Graham Greene OM CH (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991), better known by his pen name Graham Greene, was an English novelist regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. The novel was adapted as a feature film of the same name, released in 1967 and starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Paul Ford and Lillian Gish. ![]() The setting for much of the novel, the Hotel Trianon, was inspired by the Hotel Oloffson in central Port-au-Prince. ![]() Complications include Brown’s friendship with a rebel leader, politically charged hotel guests, the manipulations of a British arms dealer, and an affair with Martha Pineda, the wife of a South American ambassador. Brown, Smith, and Jones, their names suggesting a curious facelessness, are the “comedians” of Greene’s title. Jones, a confidence man, meet on a ship bound for Haiti. The story begins as three men, Brown, Smith, an “innocent” American, and Major H. Set in Haiti under the rule of François “Papa Doc” Duvalier and his secret police, the Tonton Macoute, the novel explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. ![]() The Comedians (1966) is a novel by Graham Greene. ![]()
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