The Heart of the Matter

Author: Greene, Graham

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 7 October 2004 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD. Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime 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.