The Captain and the Enemy (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
by Graham GreeneVictor Baxter is a young boy when a secretive stranger known simply as "the Captain" takes him from his boarding school to live in London.
Victor becomes the surrogate son and companion of a woman named Liza, who renames him "Jim" and depends on him for any news about the world outside their door.
Raised in these odd yet touching circumstances, Jim is never quite sure of Liza's relationship to the Captain, who is often away on mysterious errands.
It is not until Jim reaches manhood that he confronts the Captain and learns the shocking truth about the man, his allegiances, and the nature of love.
This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by John Auchard.
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- Format
- 192 pages, Paperback
- First published
- March 1, 1999
- Publishers
- Penguin Classics
- Subjects
- Classic fiction·Modern fiction·Greene·Graham·Prose·Criticism·Fiction·Literature·Classics·Criticism·Literature·Classics·Classics·Fiction·Classics
- Language
- English
I had read a few negative online reviews of this novel, had looked at the the cover (with King Kong standing there), and I had few hopes. I find the book a remarkable book---and just those qualities that some readers disliked were qualities which impressed me.
This is not one of Greene's best books, but it is worth a read if you are a fan of his works. About a third of the way through this book I was ready to chalk it up as a major disappointment.
One of the last novels by Graham Greene, "The Captain and the Enemy" was written in 1988, just three years before the death of the master. Although his prose is as always enjoyable, a little detached and sentimental at the same time, in the novel there seems to be an indication that Greene was aware of the shortcomings of the old age.
About Graham Greene
Born: October 2, 1904, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England Died: April 3, 1991, Vevey, Switzerland Novelist and critic....
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