Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover
In 1981 the author was preparing for his fifth visit to Panama when the news came of the death of General Omar Torrifos Herrera. His small plane had crashed leaving no survivors. This book is Graham Greene's account of a five-year personal involvement with Omar Torrijos, ruler of Panama from 1968-81. The author presents a portrait of a man who might have carried through a credible solution to many of the political and economic problems of one of the world's most troubled areas.
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"An absorbing account of an unexpected adventure...an essential addition to the autobiography of "A Sort of Life" and "Ways of Escape"." - "Spectator"
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Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0140185771
- ISBN 13 9780140185775
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
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