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    Cover of The Comedians

    The Comedians

    Graham Greene · 1966

    "Three men, Brown, Smith, and Jones, meet on a ship bound for Haiti, where "Papa Doc" and the Tontons Macoute rule, with sinister secret police."

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    3recommend
    4mentions
    4people
    2016–2021years
    75% recommend25% neutral

    Mentions per year

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    What Hacker News says

    1. kinghtownSep 2020
      Nice read and definitely piqued my interest in reading the biography. Though, I’ve only read The Comedians by Greene (which was pretty good. Strong Casablanca fatalistic vibe set in Haiti.)
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    2. starbeastNov 2018
      Recently read 'The Comedians' by Graham Greene, which is set in Haiti during the rise of Duvalier. Those people have been through some terrible shit for a long time now.

      edit - is worth reading - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133399.The_Comedians

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    3. petreDec 2016
      Just about any Graham Greene book: The Power and the Glory. The Quiet American, The Ministry of Fear, The Comedians, Our Man in Havana etc.
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    4. mbg721Jan 2021
      I have a bit of a queue going; I read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle based on suggestions from here, and it was definitely worth the investment. Next on my list is Graham Greene's The Comedians.
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