The Heart of the Matter

图书标准信息

• 作者 Graham Greene 著
• 出版社 Random House UK
• 出版时间 2005-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780099478423
• 定价 64.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 412页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Scobie,apoliceofficerservinginawar-timeWestAfricanstate,isdistrusted,beingscrupulouslyhonestandimmunetobribery.Butthenhefallsinlove,andindoingsoheisforcedtobetrayeverythinghebelievesin,withdrasticandtragicconsequences.

【作者简介】

GrahamGreenewasbornin1904.OncomingdownfromBalliolCollege,Oxford,heworkedforfouryearsassub-editoronTheTimes.Heestablishedhisreputationwithhisfourthnovel,StamboulTrain.In1935hemadeajourneyacrossLiberia,describedinJourneyWithoutMaps,andonhisreturnwasappointedfilmcriticoftheSpectator.In1926hehadbeenreceivedintotheRomanCatholicChurchandvisitedMexicoin1938toreportonthereligiouspersecutionthere.AsaresulthewroteTheLawlessRoadsand,later,hisfamousnovelThePowerandtheGlory.BrightonRockwaspublishedin1938andin1940hebecameliteraryeditoroftheSpectator.ThenextyearheundertookworkfortheForeignOfficeandwasstationedinSierraLeonefrom1941to1943.ThislaterproducedthenovelTheHeartoftheMatter,setinWestAfrica.Aswellashismanynovels,GrahamGreenewroteseveralcollectionsofshortstories,fourtravelbooks,sixplays,threebooksofautobiography-ASortofLife,WaysofEscapeandAWorldofMyOwn(publishedposthumously)-twoofbiographyandfourbooksforchildren.Healsocontributedhundredsofessays,andfilmandbookreviews,someofwhichappearinthecollectionsReflectionsandMorningsintheDark.ManyofhisnovelsandshortstorieshavebeenfilmedandTheThirdManwaswrittenasafilmtreatment.GrahamGreenewasamemberoftheOrderofMeritandaCompanionofHonour.HediedinApril1991.