Robert M. (shotokanchef) reviewed on 8/1/2011 + 813 more book reviews

The celebrated English novelist and world traveler is invited to Panama by General Omar Torrijos. His 1976 visit is during the negotiation of the Canal treaty and is the beginning of a friendship terminated by the generals death in 1981. It is also the history of the strife throughout the surrounding Central American countries. Despite a hot and heavy political clime, Greene manages to do his share to boost liquor consumption. Barely a hint of drugs in this one though. Unless you are a devotee of Greene, there is little to gain from this account: it is too dated politically.

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