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Dr Fischer of Geneva

By: Graham Greene
Narrated by: Julian Wadham
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Doctor Fischer despises the human race. A millionaire with a taste for sadism, he spends his time and money planning notorious parties, entertainments designed to expose the shallowness and greed of his craven hangers-on. Black comedy and painful satire combine in a totally compelling novel.

‘Manages to say more about love, hate, happiness, grief, immortality, greed and the disgustingly rich than most contemporary English novels three times the length’ The Times

©2020 Graham Greene (P)2020 Penguin Audio Classics Dark Humour Literature & Fiction Satire Comedy Witty

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Bought this as a first edition hardback decades ago. Thought I was being very smart etc for having done so, I'm older, much, now than when I bought the book. I wasn't sure what the point was when I read the book, now I'm still uncertain. If I was supposed to believe/accept that all those awful people were awful simply because they went to all those parties to be humiliated in the hope of a mention in the will, well yes, I did believe all that. Did I need the droopy anti-hero to come to that conclusion? No, I didn't. He's got no less droopy with the passing of the years. Was I supposed to dislike everyone including the droopy anti-hero? No idea, but I did and do. The reading is very well executed, I found and find the story exasperatingly gloomy and depressing - contact with large amounts of money is a bad thing? At some point everybody has to sit down at The Bomb Party and be served up endless quantities of Rice Pudding - ghastly muck in my opinion and apparently Graham Greene's as well - it's fortunately a very short book.

Dank and Defeatist

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Devastating story of greed by the genius that is Graham Greene beautifully narrated by Julian Wadham.

Brilliant!

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A quirky story. The narrator is excellent. If you have enjoyed other Graham Greene novels, I think you should also enjoy this one.

Great performance

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Julian Wadham was perfect for this strange but brilliant Graham Greene novel. Greed, love , hate and power all rolled up in this little book.

Excellent Narration, brilliant book

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It's a pity Greene didn't do murder mysteries - this novel has all the ingredients of one. A circle of bizarre characters, a hated central figure, a stand alone rebel, a man with a long standing grudge and two blighted love affairs. It's well-written, well-paced and beautifully read. The ending was a little weak maybe but overall well worth a read.

Very enjoyable

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