Doctor Fischer Of Geneva Or The Bomb Party by Graham Greene

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Graham Greene
• Title: Doctor Fischer Of Geneva Or The Bomb Party
• Publisher: ‎ Simon & Schuster; First Edition (May 28, 1980)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 156 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0671254677
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0671254674
• Item Weight: .80‎ pounds
• Dimensions: 8.5 X 5.59 X 0.79 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Collectible / Very Good (may show minimal markings/stamp inside front cover)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Edition: First Edition / Collectible

Synopsis:

From the cover:

Following on the enormous success and critical acclaim of Graham Greene's last novel, The Human Factor, comes Doctor Fischer of Geneva, a black entertainment which is also a profound study in human greed.

At the center of this remarkable tour de force is the enigmatic Dr. Fischer, millionaire, student of human nature, practical joker and party-giver. His parties are famous — or perhaps notorious — for they are part of his experiment to see just how far even (or especially) the very, very rich will go to satisfy their greed, a Grand Guignol entertainment observed by Dr. Fischer's guests risk not only humiliation at his hands, but deaths.

About the Author:

Henry Graham Greene OM CH (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English novelist and author regarded by some as one of the great writers of the 20th century.

Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted, in 1967, for the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Through 67 years of writings, which included over 25 novels, he explored the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world, often through a Catholic perspective.

Known for his espionage thrillers set in exotic locales, Graham Greene is the writer who launched a thousand travel journalists. But although Greene produced some unabashedly commercial works — he called them ""entertainments,"" to distinguish them from his novels — even his escapist fiction is rooted in the gritty realities he encountered around the globe.