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The Heart of the Matter
by Greene, Graham
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Hardcover. 297 pp. William Heinemann Ltd., London UK (1948). First Edition (FPu). First Printing. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with silver titling to spine. Solid binding, with moderate wear to board extremities. Gardner Dwinell Pond bookplate on front pastedown. PO name and inkstamp on FFEP. No other markings inside or out. Light age-toning of leaves. Very Good+/No DJ. More photos on request. Shipped in a box within a box, in bubble wrap, with a tracking number.
Synopsis
Graham Greene’s The Heart of the Matter, set in an unnamed West African colony towards the end of World War II, is loosely based on the author’s own experience as a British intelligence officer in Sierra Leone. The novel’s protagonist, Henry Scobie, struggles to make his miserable wife happy. In the process, Scobie begins to wonder if any individual can truly make another happy, resulting in a life-changing moral crisis. The Heart of the Matter, an insightful exploration of pity, suffering, religion, and responsibility, quickly became extremely popular, having sold more than 300,000 copies upon publication. The novel was critically acclaimed and received many favorable reviews. In 1948, The Heart of the Matter was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and it was shortlisted for the Best of the James Tait Black awardees in 2012. The novel is ranked 40th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century and is also listed on TIME’s “100 Best Novels” (since 1923).
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- BookRanger
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BR-0119-1094
- Title
- The Heart of the Matter
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Sewn binding is square and tight.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction. Adventure.
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