Selected Works: The Heart of the Matter; Stamboul Train; A Burnt-out Case; The Third Man; The Quiet American; Loser Takes All; The Power and the Glory: v. 1
by Greene, Graham
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- Hardcover
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- 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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- World of Books Ltd (GB)
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- Title
- Selected Works: The Heart of the Matter; Stamboul Train; A Burnt-out Case; The Third Man; The Quiet American; Loser Takes All; The Power and the Glory: v. 1
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 6
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0905712013
- ISBN 13
- 9780905712017
- Publisher
- Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1977
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