The Captain and the Enemy
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- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
1 March 1999
Summary
Victor Baxter is a young boy when a secretive stranger known simply as “the Captain” takes him from his boarding school to live in London. Victor becomes the surrogate son and companion of a woman named Liza, who renames him “Jim” and depends on him for any news about the world outside their door. Raised in these odd yet touching circumstances, Jim is never quite sure of Liza’s relationship to the Captain, who is often away on mysterious errands. It is not until Jim reaches manhood that he co…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140188554 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014018855X |
| Author: | Graham Greene |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 1999 |
| Weight: | 174g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin |
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About The Author
Graham Greene
Graham Greene (1904-1991)
Graham Greene, one of the 20th century’s greatest novelists, lived a life that nearly spanned the entire century. Educated at Berkhamsted School and Balliol College, Oxford, Greene began his career as a sub-editor for The Times of London.
He first garnered significant attention as a novelist with his fourth book, Orient Express, published in 1932. His travels played a crucial role in his writing, notably his 1935 trek across northern Liberia, which informed his book A Journey Without Maps (1936).
Greene converted to Catholicism in 1926, a spiritual journey that deeply influenced his work. His reporting on religious persecution in Mexico in 1938 led to the book The Lawless Roads, which provided the backdrop for his acclaimed novel The Power and the Glory. This was one of several novels often referred to as his “Catholic” novels, including Brighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter, and The End of the Affair.
During World War II, Greene served in the British secret service in Sierra Leone. Post-war, his extensive travels as a journalist inspired novels such as The Quiet American, Our Man in Havana, The Comedians, Travels with My Aunt, The Honorary Consul, The Human Factor, Monsignor Quixote, and The Captain and the Enemy.
In addition to his prolific novel writing, Greene authored several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, two autobiographies (A Sort of Life and Ways of Escape), two biographies, and four children’s books. He was also a prolific contributor of essays, film, and book reviews to The Spectator and other journals, many of which were later collected in Reflections. Many of his novels have been adapted for film, including The Third Man, which originated as a film treatment by Greene himself.
Graham Greene received numerous accolades throughout his career, including being named a Companion of Honour and receiving the Order of Merit.
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