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Seeds of fiction : Graham Greene's adventures in Haiti and Central America, 1954-1983 / Bernard Diederich.
Van Pelt Library PR6013.R44 Z6323 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diederich, Bernard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greene, Graham, 1904-1991--Travel--Haiti.
- Greene, Graham.
- Greene, Graham, 1904-1991--Travel--Central America.
- Greene, Graham, 1904-1991.
- Travel.
- Haiti--Description and travel.
- Haiti.
- Central America--Description and travel.
- Central America.
- Authors, English--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Chicago : Peter Owen, 2012.
- Summary:
- In 1965, Graham Greene joined journalist Bernard Diederich in the Dominican Republic to embark on a tour of its border with Haiti, then ruled by 'Papa Doc' Duvalier. They were accompanied by an activist priest, Jean-Claude Bajeux. This new biography finally illuminates a pivotal episode in Greene's life and career.
- Contents:
- Part I Graham Greene in Haiti
- Seeds of Fiction 21
- A Quixotic Insurgency 32
- Loving Haiti 47
- A River of Blood 56
- The Poetry of Faith 65
- A Matter of Policy 75
- Blood in the Streets 96
- The Comedians 102
- Papa Doc Reacts to The Comedians 114
- After Papa Doc 138
- Part II On the Way Back: Graham Greene in Central America
- A Dictator with a Difference 153
- The Years Pass 164
- Rendezvous on a Pearl Island 168
- Getting to Know Chuchu 179
- Greene Goes to Washington 188
- Fair Wind for the Isthmus 191
- Operation Sir Francis Drake 202
- Waiting for the Guerrilla 214
- Our Man in Panama 225
- Managua Nights 232
- The General Is Dead! 247
- Greene's Other War 257
- A Night in Havana 265
- Master of Contradiction 270
- We'll Meet Again 275.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780720614886
- 0720614880
- OCLC:
- 800854404
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