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Graham Greenes gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincialArgentinian town is considered one of his finest. It tells of Charley Fortnumthe Honorary Consul a whiskysodden figure of dubious authority taken by agroup of revolutionaries. As Eduardo Plarr a local doctor negotiates withrevolutionaries and authorities for Fortnums release the corruption of bothbecomes evident. In this spare tense novel Graham Greene explores themorality of a political system that turns priests into killers. «
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