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The heart of the matter (Record no. 28990)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781504052528
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International Standard Book Number 1504052528
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Language of cataloging English
Transcribing agency MSU
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number B2430.T373 GRE
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Personal name Greene, Graham
Relator term author
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The heart of the matter
Statement of responsibility, etc. created by Graham Greene
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Harmondsworth
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1948
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 270 pages
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. <br/>"From first page to last ... an engrossing novel" of betrayal and espionage on a colonial outpost during World War II (The New York Times). In a British colony in West Africa, Henry Scobie is a pious and righteous man of modest means enlisted with securing borders. But when he's passed over for a promotion as commissioner of police, the humiliation hits hardest for his wife, Louise. Already oppressed by the appalling climate, frustrated in a loveless marriage, and belittled by the wives of more privileged officers, Louise wants out. Feeling responsible for her unhappiness, Henry decides against his better judgment to accept a loan from a black marketeer to secure Louise's passage. It's just a single indiscretion, yet for Henry it precipitates a rapid fall from grace as one moral compromise after another leads him into a web of blackmail, adultery, and murder. And for a devout man like Henry, there may be nothing left but damnation. Drawn from Graham Greene's own experiences as a British intelligence officer in Sierra Leone, The Heart of the Matter is "a powerful, deep-striking novel ... of a spirit lost in the darkness of the flesh"
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Source of heading or term Colonial administrators
General subdivision Fiction
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Topical term or geographic name entry element British
Form subdivision Africa
General subdivision Fiction
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Married people
General subdivision Fiction
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    Library of Congress Classification     Main Library Main Library Open Shelf 28/04/1977     B2430.T373 GRE BK35901 17/09/2019 19557   Book   Gweru Teachers College 26.00
    Library of Congress Classification     Withdrawn Withdrawn Withdrawn 19/02/2013 26.00   B2430.T373 GRE BK33981 07/09/2017 4235 19/02/2013 Withdrawn Open Shelf    
    Library of Congress Classification     Zvishavane Archives Zvishavane Archives Zvishavane Archives 21/05/1974 29.00   PR6013.R44.H4 GRE BK33856 11/04/2014 15707 12/01/2018 Archive