The captain and the enemy / Graham Greene
1988, First Edition. London: Reinhardt Books. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Copy is not price-clipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages; Physical description.: 188 p. ; 20 cm. Subject: Kidnapping - England - London - Fiction. Boys - Central America - Fiction. Kidnapping - Fiction.Boys - Fiction. English fiction - 20th century. Central America - Fiction. London (England) - Fiction. Summary: Greene's last novel, a lonely boarding-school student encounters a secretive stranger who introduces himself simply as "the Captain". The boy is taken to London by the stranger and raised in odd and touching circumstances by Liza, a young woman with close but unexplained ties to the Captain. It is only when the boy grows to manhood that he will learn the shocking truth about the Captain's allegiances and activities, and will begin to understand the true nature of love. Item #219874
ISBN: 1871061059
Price: €14.95