Greatness. Darkly comedic. Another world weary Graham Greene work. The story draws you in and is a real page turner. But the overall message of the absurdity of geopolitics resonates. Despite written in the late 1950's this book, like The Quiet American, feels strangely modern. Anyone who has found themselves drawn inexorably into absurd situations often against their will, will empathize with this story. Humans in the midst of absurdity. Yet it is funny and the opposite of depressing.
