WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD. Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOODScobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
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Primarily a novel about the moral consequences of religious belief, but it is almost as importantly a novel about colonialism
Winner of the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and considered one of the best English language novels of the twentieth century.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780099478423
Publisert
2004-10-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage Classics
Vekt
202 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288
Forfatter