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The heart of the matter

by Graham Greene

1948 346 pages eng ★ 3.7 (9 ratings)

Focusing on a British police officer in an unnamed West African colony, this novel attempts to show, along with the socially restricted lives of colonists in Africa, the effects of sin on a devout catholic. After sending his unhappy wife to South Africa at her request the officer begins an affair wi…

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