Monsignor Quixote

Author: Graham Greene

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General Fields

  • : $24.99 AUD
  • : 9780099283942
  • : Random House UK
  • : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
  • : 0.4
  • : 31 August 2000
  • : 199mm X 132mm X 17mm
  • : 24.99
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  • : books

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  • : Graham Greene
  • : Vintage Classics Ser.
  • : Paperback
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  • : 256
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Barcode 9780099283942
9780099283942

Description

With Sancho Panza, a deposed Communist mayor, his faithful Rocinate, an antiquated motorcar, Monsignor Quixote roams through modern-day Spain in a brilliant picaresque fable. Like Cervantes' classic, "Monsignor Quixote" offers enduring insights into our life and times.

Author description

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.