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19 de dic. de 2012 · Getting to know the general : the story of an involvement. by. Greene, Graham, 1904-. Publication date. 1984. Topics. Torrijos Herrera, Omar, 1926-, Greene, Graham, 1904-, Heads of state, Generals. Publisher. New York : Simon and Schuster.
Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement is a travel book and memoir by Graham Greene, published in 1984. Summary
1 de ene. de 1984 · Getting To Know The General is a little known out-of-print nonfiction book by one of my favorite writers, Graham Greene. The story begins in 1976 when Greene inexplicably receives an invitation to visit Panama as the guest of then ruler General Omar Torrijos Herrar.
Getting to Know the General is not a serious work of scholarship—but it is not intended to be. Graham Greene, the noted novelist, instead attempts to reveal some of the insight born out of the friendship which he had with Omar Torrijos between 1976 and the populist’s death in an airplane crash in 1981.
Vintage, 1999 - Biography & Autobiography - 223 pages. Greene's account of a five year personal involvement with Omar Torrijos, ruler of Panama from 1968-81 and Sergeant Chuchu, one of the few...
The story begins in 1976 when Greene inexplicably receives an invitation to visit Panama as the guest of then ruler General Omar Torrijos Herrar. He immediately accepts knowing only of Panama from the exploits of the pirate Henry Morgan and the mysterious death of Francis Drake in the area.
Greene's account of a five year personal involvement with Omar Torrijos, ruler of Panama from 1968-81 and Sergeant Chuchu, one of the few men in the National Guard whom the General trusted completely.
