by Graham Greene (Author), Graham Greene (Author)
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GILES FODEN. Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper mutilated by disease and amputation. Querry slowly moves towards a cure, his mind getting clearer as he works for the colony. However, in the heat of the tropics, no relationship with a married woman, will ever be taken as innocent...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: 1
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 07 Oct 2004
ISBN 10: 0099478439
ISBN 13: 9780099478430
Book Overview: A tense, powerful novel about second chances and the inescapable past.