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Graham Greene – Doctor Fischer of Geneva, Or ‘The Bomb Party’ | Review

Title: Doctor Fischer of Geneva, Or ‘The Bomb Party’

Author: Graham Greene

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 143

Rating: 9/10

 

Graham Greene - Doctor Fischer of Geneva, or 'The Bomb Party'

Graham Greene – Doctor Fischer of Geneva, or ‘The Bomb Party’

 

I discovered this novel a little late, after I’d already read most of Greene’s other work, and I wish I’d found it sooner – it’s a real cracker, a black comedy with a moral that follows a toothpaste millionaire who decides to play a little game with bombs. The shock ending is a real eye-opener, and yet despite that it’s also a book you can read again and again and still enjoy it.

My only gripe here, and I appreciate that it’s a bit of an odd thing to be annoyed about, is the title – there doesn’t need to be an ‘or’ in it, Graham, pick one. I’d go for ‘The Bomb Party’.

 

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

 

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Graham Greene – Doctor Fischer of Geneva (or the Bomb Party) | Review

Title: Doctor Fischer of Geneva (or the Bomb Party)

Author: Graham Greene

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 143

Rating: 9/10

 

Graham Greene - Doctor Fischer of Geneva (or the Bomb Party)

Graham Greene – Doctor Fischer of Geneva (or the Bomb Party)

 

I love Graham Greene – I discovered him through Donnie Darko, where there’s a reference to one of his stories. I read it and it blew my mind, as did a lot of his novels,entertainments‘ and plays.

Doctor Fischer is a bastard, a man who has nothing left to live for except his intense hatred of humanity. He organises a bomb party, where he tests the extremes that the greedy rich will go to so that they can extend their wealth further.

This is an excellent short novel that accomplishes more in 150 pages than many do in 500. I just wish I had more words left so I could tell you all about it!

 

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

 

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