The Honorary Consul

by Graham Greene · 1973

Set in a provincial Argentinean town near the Paraguayan border, *The Honorary Consul* follows Charley Fortnum, a British honorary consul with a penchant for drink, who is mistakenly kidnapped by Paraguayan revolutionaries. Dr. Eduardo Plarr, a local physician torn between loyalties, becomes the reluctant negotiator. The novel weaves a suspenseful kidnapping plot with an absurd drama of failure, hope, love, and betrayal, offering a penetrating psychological and sociological study of personal and political corruption amid chaotic revolutionary turmoil.