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The Man with Many Names is a novel by Graham Greene published in 1988. The main character Victor Baxter is still a boy when he is taken from boarding school by a mysterious man known only as The Captain. From then on, he begins an unusual life marked by identity changes, secrets and uncertainty. Victor is given a new name – Jim – and becomes the companion and almost adopted son of Liza, a woman who lives a secluded life and depends on him for every contact with the outside world. In the closed atmosphere of their home, Jim grows up without clear answers about who the people around him really are and what their mutual connections are.

As he matures, he is increasingly attracted to the truth about the Captain, a man who appears under different names and identities and skillfully hides his past. Jim gradually uncovers the complex web of lies, emotional addictions and moral dilemmas that have marked the lives of his guardians. Through a tense but subtle story, Greene explores themes of identity, love, loyalty, loneliness and the need to belong. The novel is not a classic thriller, but a psychological drama in which the tension arises from the gradual revelation of the characters and their hidden motives. As in many of Greene's works, the emphasis is on moral choices, human frailty and the search for meaning in a world full of uncertainty and secrets.