WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD
Scobie, 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.
Imprint: Vintage Digital
Published: 02/10/2010
ISBN: 9781407086620
Length: 288 Pages
RRP: £8.99
Primarily a novel about the moral consequences of religious belief, but it is almost as importantly a novel about colonialism
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