description: A young boy, Victor, is collected from school by a stranger in a bowler hat - the stranger says he has won Victor in a game of backgammon with Victor's father. The stranger, known as the Captain, takes Victor to live with the sweet but withdrawn Lisa, where he serves as her conduit to the outside world. From mysterious beginnings, Graham Greene's final novel becomes a twisting thriller of smuggling, jewel theft and international espionage which culminates in a dramatic showdown in Panama.
language: English
title: The Captain and the Enemy
titlecomplete: The Captain and the Enemy
genres: Classics, British Literature, Historical, English Literature, Novels, Espionage, Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 1926
publisher: Random House Value Publishing