The Honorary Consul
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Edition: repr.,
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A masterwork of literary suspense and moral ambiguity, The Honorary Consul chronicles the accidental kidnapping of a minor British diplomat in a remote Argentine border town by a group of Paraguayan revolutionaries who had intended to abduct the American ambassador. Graham Greene constructs a taut, psychologically rich narrative around Dr. Eduardo Plarr, a British-Paraguayan physician whose entanglement with the hostage situation forces a reckoning with loyalty, identity, and the weight of political idealism. With his signature blend of Catholic guilt, erotic tension, and geopolitical cynicism, Greene illustrates how ordinary men are undone not by grand historical forces but by the quiet compromises of their private lives. The novel argues that true moral courage is inseparable from personal failure, rendering its characters achingly human in their contradictions. Published in 1973 and widely regarded as one of Greene's finest achievements, it stands as a profound meditation on love, revolution, and the impossibility of neutrality.
Author: Graham Greene
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, The Bodley Head
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A masterwork of literary suspense and moral ambiguity, The Honorary Consul chronicles the accidental kidnapping of a minor British diplomat in a remote Argentine border town by a group of Paraguayan revolutionaries who had intended to abduct the American ambassador. Graham Greene constructs a taut, psychologically rich narrative around Dr. Eduardo Plarr, a British-Paraguayan physician whose entanglement with the hostage situation forces a reckoning with loyalty, identity, and the weight of political idealism. With his signature blend of Catholic guilt, erotic tension, and geopolitical cynicism, Greene illustrates how ordinary men are undone not by grand historical forces but by the quiet compromises of their private lives. The novel argues that true moral courage is inseparable from personal failure, rendering its characters achingly human in their contradictions. Published in 1973 and widely regarded as one of Greene's finest achievements, it stands as a profound meditation on love, revolution, and the impossibility of neutrality.