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THE HEART OF THE MATTER ; ORIENT EXPRESS ; A BURNT-OUT CASE ; THE THIRD MAN ; THE QUIET AMERICAN ; LOSER TAKES ALL ; THE POWER AND THE GLORY
by Greene, Graham
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0905712013
- ISBN 13
- 9780905712017
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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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- Abound Book Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10689
- Title
- THE HEART OF THE MATTER ; ORIENT EXPRESS ; A BURNT-OUT CASE ; THE THIRD MAN ; THE QUIET AMERICAN ; LOSER TAKES ALL ; THE POWER AND THE GLORY
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0905712013
- ISBN 13
- 9780905712017
- Publisher
- Octpus/Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0905712013
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