Abstract

The Honorary Consul was published in 1973, thirteen years after A Burnt-Out Case; yet time did not temper Greene’s preoccupation with the concept of fatherhood which reverberates throughout this novel as it did in the previous ones. Most of the action unfolds through the consciousness of Doctor Eduardo Plarr, but the reader is constantly called upon to correct Plarr’s interpretation of what happens to him, for Plarr — like all of Greene’s protagonists — does not seem to understand himself very well.KeywordsUnborn BabyGood FatherAttempted EscapePaternal AnxietyDead FatherThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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