The Comedians

This novel of politics and espionage, set in the Haiti of Papa Doc Duvalier., describes the course of events that brings together three men who came to the island for very different reasons: Smith, an American idealist and crank who plans to establish a vegetarian commune for the Haitian poor; Brown, an Englishman who runs a cheap hotel and is involved with the wife of a South American diplomat; and Jones, an international gunrunner doing business with the Duvalier regime. Greene, who visited Haiti several times, was proud of the fact that Duvalier read his book and loathed it, saying it was pas bien ecrit. THE COMEDIANS was made into a 1967 film starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, and Peter Ustinov. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.