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DescriptionWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOODScobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences. Promotion infoWinner of the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and considered one of the best English language novels of the twentieth century. Reviews"A superb storyteller with a gift for provoking controversy." Author descriptionGraham Greene was born in 1904. He was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. Graham Greene died in April 1991. Among the many people who paid tribute to him on his death was Kingsley Amis: 'He will be missed all over the world. Until today, he was our greatest living novelist.' |