The Honorary Consul G. W. Shaw No wonder some of the

No wonder some of the past's greatest minds

But Joanna's attention is soon diverted to a more disturbing crime

under his name

unsettling and so completely charged with both tension and emotion

including the most deeply buried one of them all

The Honorary Consul G. W. Shaw No wonder some of theCharley Fortnum is the 'Honorary Consul', a whisky sodden figure of dubious authority taken by a group of rebels. As Eduardo Plarr, a local doctor, negotiates with revolutionaries and the authorities for Fortnum's release, the corruption of both becomes evident. In this spare, tense novel, Graham Greene explores the morality of a political system that turns priests into killers.