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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Buccaneer Books
Publication date
June 1, 1992
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780899669236
ISBN-10
0899669239
Availability§
Publication Cancelled
Original list price
$19.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt “Papa Doc” and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. Brown the hotelier, Smith the innocent American, and Jones the confidence man—these are the “comedians” of Greene’s title. Hiding behind their actors’ masks, they hesitate on the edge of life. They are men afraid of love, afraid of pain, afraid of fear itself...
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For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Buccaneer Books (June 1, 1992)
9780899669236 | details & prices | List price $19.95
About: Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt “Papa Doc” and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police.
About: Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt “Papa Doc” and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police.
Large print edition from Isis Large Print Books (March 1, 1986); titled "The Comedians"
9781850890195 | details & prices | List price $15.95
About: Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, where corruption and terror reign under the dictatorship of Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police.
About: Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, where corruption and terror reign under the dictatorship of Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Penguin Classics (January 31, 2005); titled "The Comedians"
9780143039198 | details & prices | 292 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $17.00
About: Three men who meet on a ship bound for Haiti are ruined by their own apathy as they attempt to destroy the tyranny of the corrupt regime of 'Papa Doc' Duvalier and his sinister Haitian secret police, the Tontons Macoute.
About: Three men who meet on a ship bound for Haiti are ruined by their own apathy as they attempt to destroy the tyranny of the corrupt regime of 'Papa Doc' Duvalier and his sinister Haitian secret police, the Tontons Macoute.
Reissue edition from Penguin USA (September 1, 1991); titled "The Comedians"
9780140184945 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $14.00
About: Three men are ruined by their own apathy as they attempt to destroy tyranny in Haiti
About: Three men are ruined by their own apathy as they attempt to destroy tyranny in Haiti
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Tim Pigott Smith (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Chivers Audio Books (December 1, 2001); titled "The Comedians"
9780754007265 | details & prices | List price $84.95
from Blackstone Audio Inc (February 1, 1994); titled "The Comedians"
9780786104598 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $56.95
About: Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, where corruption and terror reign under the dictatorship of Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police.
About: Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, where corruption and terror reign under the dictatorship of Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police.
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