3.8
The Heart of the Matter
With a new introduction by James Wood
Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime west-African state, is distrusted â being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in so doing, he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime west-African state, is distrusted â being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in so doing, he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
BRITISH AND IRISH FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)
RELEASED1978
PUBLISHERPenguin Books
LENGTH272
LANGUAGEEN
An English author, playwright and literary critic.
3.8
The Heart of the Matter
With a new introduction by James Wood
Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime west-African state, is distrusted â being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in so doing, he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime west-African state, is distrusted â being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in so doing, he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
BRITISH AND IRISH FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)
RELEASED1978
PUBLISHERPenguin Books
LENGTH272
LANGUAGEEN
An English author, playwright and literary critic.
