The Heart of the Matter - Graham Greene

I have read Graham Greene casually over the years and had in fact started The Heart of The Matter Years ago before the book became misplaced during a move. I was drawn back to it recently when I uncovered it in a box of my stepson’s toys. Author: Graham Greene Publisher: William Heinemann Date of Publish: 1948 Genre: Classic Fiction No of Pages: 272 RRP: £8.99 Amazon Price: £5.59 >>>What its all about<<< Henry Scobie is an impeccibly honest, longserving police inspector in a colonial town on the West Coast of Africa during the second world war. He is responsible for providing both local and ...

Graham Greene is one of my favourite writers, he was a compelling story-teller, whose novels instantly grab your attention and hold it. A purveyor of top quality escapism, he didn't always get the literary recognition he deserved, perhaps even in his own mind. He subtitled many of his novels "An entertainment" as though he wanted to distinguish them from "serious" literary work. But surely novels that aren't entertaining are just pretentious? Greene left us a canon of enjoyably readable, quality novels, often set in exotic locations, in which he created some vividly real characters, who are ...