The Heart of the Matter
Author: Greene, Graham
ISBN: 9780099478423
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 2005
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 198mm x 132mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'The truth, he thought, has never been of any real value to any human being. In human relations, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths' Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD
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 he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
ISBN: 9780099478423
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 2005
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 198mm x 132mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'The truth, he thought, has never been of any real value to any human being. In human relations, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths' Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD
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 he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
