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The Captain and the Enemy

Author	Graham Greene
Cover artist	Michael Harvey
Language	English
Published	1988
Publisher	Reindhart Books
Publication place	United Kingdom
Pages	224
ISBN	0143039296

The Captain and the Enemy is the last novel published by the English author Graham Greene.

Synopsis

The Captain and the Enemy tells the story of a young boy named Victor Baxter taken away from his boarding school by a stranger to live in London. This stranger is simply known as "the Captain" and he appears mysterious to Victor. In London Victor companions a woman named Liza and tells her any news that happens in the outside world. When Victor reaches manhood, he finally learns the secrets and intelligence of the Captain.

References

1. "Father Lost Me in a Backgammon Game". The New York Times.
2. Greene, Graham (1988). The captain and the enemy. Viking. ISBN 9780670824052.

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Bibliography
Novels	The Man Within (1929) The Name of Action (1930) Rumour at Nightfall (1932) Stamboul Train (1932) It's a Battlefield (1934) England Made Me (1935) A Gun for Sale (1936) Brighton Rock (1938) The Confidential Agent (1939) The Power and the Glory (1940) The Ministry of Fear (1943) The Heart of the Matter (1948) The Third Man (novella; 1949) The End of the Affair (1951) The Quiet American (1955) Loser Takes All (1955) Our Man in Havana (1958) A Burnt-Out Case (1960) The Comedians (1966) Travels with My Aunt (1969) The Honorary Consul (1973) The Human Factor (1978) Doctor Fischer of Geneva (1980) Monsignor Quixote (1982) The Tenth Man (1985) The Captain and the Enemy (1988) No Man's Land (2005)
Non-fiction	Journey Without Maps (1936) The Lawless Roads (1939) The Lost Childhood and Other Essays (1951) In Search of a Character (1961) A Sort of Life (1971) Ways of Escape (1980) Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement (1984)
Plays	The Living Room (1953) The Potting Shed (1957) The Complaisant Lover (1959) Carving a Statue (1964) The Return of A. J. Raffles (1975) The Great Jowett (1981) Yes and No (1983) For Whom the Bell Chimes (1983)
Story collections	Twenty-One Stories (1954) A Sense of Reality (1963) May We Borrow Your Husband? (1967) The Last Word and Other Stories (1990)
Short stories	"The End of the Party" (1929) "Proof Positive" (1930) "The Basement Room" (1936) "Across the Bridge" (1938) "Alas, Poor Maling" (1940) "The Blue Film" (1954) "The Destructors" (1954) "A Shocking Accident" "The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen" "The Last Word"
Screenplays	21 Days (1940) Brighton Rock (1948) The Fallen Idol (1948) The Third Man (1949) Loser Takes All (1956) Saint Joan (1957) Our Man in Havana (1959) The Comedians (1967) Monsignor Quixote (1985)
Adaptations	Orient Express (1934) The Green Cockatoo (1937) This Gun for Hire (1942) Went the Day Well? (1942) Ministry of Fear (1944) The Heart of the Matter (1953) The End of the Affair (1955) The Quiet American (1958) Travels with My Aunt (1972) The Human Factor (1979) The Honorary Consul (1983) The End of the Affair (1999) The Quiet American (2002) Brighton Rock (2010)
Other	Brighton Rock (play) Shades of Greene
Category

• Novels by Graham Greene
• 1988 British novels