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The Captain and the Enemy
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  • Published: 2 January 2012
  • ISBN: 9780099529149
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $34.99

The Captain and the Enemy

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Paperback
2 Jan 2012
EBook
30 Nov 2011
Audiobook
24 Apr 2025
Paperback
30 Aug 2005
Paperback
1 Mar 1999
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Greene's last novel - genre-defying, rich and marvellous

A young boy, Victor, is collected from school by a stranger in a bowler hat - the stranger says he has won Victor in a game of backgammon with Victor's father. The stranger, known as the Captain, takes Victor to live with the sweet but withdrawn Lisa, where he serves as her conduit to the outside world. From mysterious beginnings, Graham Greene's final novel becomes a twisting thriller of smuggling, jewel theft and international espionage which culminates in a dramatic showdown in Panama.
  • Published: 2 January 2012
  • ISBN: 9780099529149
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $34.99
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About the author

Graham Greene

Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.
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