Greene, Graham. Getting To Know The General. The Story of an Involvement (Signed 1st US edition). Simon & Schuster, New York, 1984.

Price: US$495.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A personal memoir about the author's friendship with General Omar Torrijos Herrra of Panama, based on diaries kept by Greene over the previous five years. 1st US edition, fine in near fine dw with a strip of sunning to the top edge of the rear panel. Warmly INSCRIBED by Greene on the front end paper "for Gunnar (Hagglof) and Ann, with love from Graham". Haggloff was the Swedish Ambassador to London for twenty years, and he and Greene were close friends, with Greene contributing a foreword to Hagglof's memoir in 1972. Great association copy!

Seller: Tom Davidson, Bookseller, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.