The Heart of the Matter

Publisher's Description

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 develops the foundation of a story by turns 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.

Book Stats:

• Title: The Heart of the Matter

• Author: Graham Greene

• Publisher: Penguin Classics

• ISBN: 978-0142437995

• Pub. Year: 2004

• First Pub.: 1948

• Pages: 288

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