It's a Battlefield (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) - Softcover

Greene, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140185410 ISBN 13: 9780140185416

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 1992

Synopsis

Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison, sentenced to death for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Corner. A battle for a reprieve with many participants ensues: the Assistant Commissioner, high-principled and over-worked; Conrad, a paranoid clerk; Mr Surrogate, a rich Fabian; Condor, a pathetic journalist feeding on fantasies; pretty, promiscuous Kay - all have a part to play in his fate.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison appealing his death sentence for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Corner, a policeman he thought was about to club his wife. A battle rages to save Drover?s life from the noose. The Assistant Commissioner, high-principled and over-worked; Conrad, a paranoid clerk; Mr. Surrogate, a rich Fabian; Condor, a pathetic journalist feeding on fantasies; and Kay, pretty and promiscuous - all have a part to play in Drover?s fate.

From the Back Cover:

“The most ingenious, inventive and exciting of our novelists... A master of storytelling.” – The Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0140185410
• ISBN 13: 9780140185416
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208