The Heart of the Matter (Twentieth Century Classics) - Softcover

Greene, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140184961 ISBN 13: 9780140184969

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1991

Synopsis

Scobie is a principled police officer in a war-torn West African state. When he is passed over for promotion he is forced to borrow money to send his despairing wife away on a holiday. In her absence he falls in love with Helen and his life is transformed by the experience.

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Review:

'The most ingenious, inventive and exciting of our novelists, rich in exactly etched and moving portraits of real human beings.' (The Times)

'Greene was a master of characterisation and this book is no exception.' (The Independent on Sunday)

'In a class by himself – the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man's consciousness and anxiety.' (The Independent)

'A superb storyteller with a gift for provoking controversy.' (The New York Times)

From the Publisher:

CENTENARY EDITION WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140184961
• ISBN 13: 9780140184969
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272