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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