The Comedians (novel)
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| Author | Graham Greene |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | u smell |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Bodley Head |
| Released | 1966 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | A Burnt-Out Case |
| Followed by | Travels with My Aunt |
The Comedians is a novel by Graham Greene, first published in 1966. Set in Haiti under the rule of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his secret police, the Tonton Macoute, The Comedians tells the story of a tired hotel owner, Brown, and his increasing fatalism as he watches Haiti descend into barbarism. The story begins as three men: Brown, Smith the innocent American, and Major H. O. Jones the confidence man meet on a ship bound for Haiti. Brown, Smith, and Jones, their names suggesting a curious facelessness, are the “comedians” of Greene’s title. Complications include Brown’s friendship with a rebel leader, politically charged hotel guests, the manipulations of a British arms dealer, and an affair with Martha Pineda, the wife of a Venezualen ambassador. The setting for much of the novel, the Hotel Trianon, was inspired by the Hotel Oloffson in central Port-au-Prince.
The novel was made into a motion picture in 1967 with Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, and Lillian Gish.
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