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The Comedians

The Comedians

The Comedians is a novel by Graham Greene. Set in Haiti under the rule of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his secret police, the Tonton Macoute, the novel explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown.


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“Like some wines our love could neither mature nor travel.”

Source: The Comedians

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