A Burnt-out Case - Softcover

Graham Greene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140018948 ISBN 13: 9780140018943

Publisher: Penguin, 1973

Synopsis

A Burnt-Out Case

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Review:

"Mr. Greene's extraordinary power of plot-making, of suspense and of narration...moves continuously both in time and space and in emotion." -"The Times "Graham Greene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks of world literature." "-- John Le Carre

From the Publisher:

'In a class by himself' William Golding
‘Mr Greene’s extraordinary power of plot-making, of suspense and of narration...moves continuously both in time and space and in emotion’ Angus Wilson, The Times

When Querry, a world-famous architect, finds he no longer enjoys life or takes pleasure in art he sets of an a voyage. Arriving anonymously at a leper colony in the Congo he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a ‘burnt-out case’, a leper mutilated by the disease and amputation. Querry slowly moves towards a cure, his mind getting clearer as he works for the colony. However, in the heat of the tropics, no relationship with a married woman, however blameless, will ever be taken as innocent...

‘In a class by himself.. the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man’s consciousness and anxiety’ William Golding

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0140018948
• ISBN 13: 9780140018943
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200