02192cam a2200385 4500 499722555 TxAuBib 20210519120000.0 041110s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004275122 9780142437995 PAP 18.00 0142437999 PAP 18.00 TxAuBib Greene, Graham, 1904-1991. The heart of the matter [BOOK] / Graham Greene ; introduction by James Wood. Deluxe ed. New York : Penguin Books, 2004. xviii, 255 p. ; 22 cm. Penguin classics "Graham Greene centennial 1904-2004"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. xvii-xviii). Introduction / James Wood -- Suggestions for further reading / Michael Gorra -- The Heart of the Matter. "Graham Greene's masterpiece The Heart of the Matter tells the story of a good man enmeshed in love, intrigue, and evil in a West African coastal town. Scobie is bound by strict integrity to his role as assistant police commissioner and by severe responsibility to his wife, Louise, for whom he cares with a fatal pity. When Scobie falls in love with the young widow Helen, he finds vital passion again yielding to pity, integrity giving way to deceit and dishonor?a vortex leading directly to murder. As Scobie's world crumbles, his personal crisis makes for a novel that is suspenseful, fascinating, and, finally, tragic. Originally published in 1948, The Heart of the Matter is the unforgettable portrait of one man, flawed yet heroic, destroyed and redeemed by a terrible conflict of passion and faith.". 20210519. Colonial administrators Fiction. British Africa Fiction. Married people Fiction. Catholics Fiction. Adultery Fiction. Africa, West Fiction. Psychological fiction. Christian fiction. Wood, James, 1965-, introduction. Penguin classics.