The Heart of the Matter - Softcover
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Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime west-African state, is distrusted — being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in so doing, he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime west-African state, is distrusted — being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in so doing, he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
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Scobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so is forced to betray everything he believes in, with tragic consequences.
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0140017895
- ISBN 13 9780140017892
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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THE HEART OF THE MATTER
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Penguin, Harmondsworth, UK
(1948)
ISBN 10: 0140017895
ISBN 13: 9780140017892
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Reprint of 1981. BRAND NEW Copy w/a whisper of wear to softcoverThe Heart of the Matter (1948) is a classic novel by English author Graham Greene,pen-name of Henry Graham Greene (1904 - 1991). Set in World War II, colonial West Africa (later confirmed to be Freetown, Sierra Leone). First published 1948, winner of the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to date. Books details a life-changing moral crisis for scrupulouslly honest, immune to bribery British intelligence officer, Henry Scobie who was a devout practicing Catholic. For a vacation for his wife, Scobie borrows money from a Syrian trader for a vaction --- during her absence, he falls in love with a child widow, triggers deceit & dishonor. Might it have been his very goodness and love for God that lead him down the path to disaster?. Seller Inventory # 018917
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