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In a British colony in West Africa, Henry Scobie is a pious and righteous man of modest means enlisted with securing borders. But when he’s passed over for a promotion as commissioner of police, the humiliation hits hardest for his wife, Louise. Already oppressed by the appalling climate, frustrated in a loveless marriage, and belittled by the wives of more privileged officers, Louise wants out. Feeling responsible for her unhappiness, Henry decides against his better judgment to accept a loan from a black marketeer to secure Louise’s passage. It’s just a single indiscretion, yet for Henry it precipitates a rapid fall from grace as one moral compromise after another leads him into a web of blackmail, adultery, and murder. And for a devout man like Henry, there may be nothing left but damnation.
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The Heart of the Matter, Graham Greene
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1978
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- Preis
- € 3,19
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Graham Greene
- Verlag
- Penguin Books
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1978
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 156
- ISBN10
- 0140017895
- ISBN13
- 9780140017892
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Krimi & Thriller, Abenteuer, Krimi, Religiöse Themen, Liebe, Klassiker, Christliche Themen, Britische Literatur, Englische Literatur, Afrika, Verfilmt, Ehe, Untreue, Kolonialismus, Kolonien
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 1956
- Originaltitel
- The Heart of the Matter
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- Beschreibung
- In a British colony in West Africa, Henry Scobie is a pious and righteous man of modest means enlisted with securing borders. But when he’s passed over for a promotion as commissioner of police, the humiliation hits hardest for his wife, Louise. Already oppressed by the appalling climate, frustrated in a loveless marriage, and belittled by the wives of more privileged officers, Louise wants out. Feeling responsible for her unhappiness, Henry decides against his better judgment to accept a loan from a black marketeer to secure Louise’s passage. It’s just a single indiscretion, yet for Henry it precipitates a rapid fall from grace as one moral compromise after another leads him into a web of blackmail, adultery, and murder. And for a devout man like Henry, there may be nothing left but damnation.