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A Burnt-out Case

By: Graham Greene
Narrated by: Richard Morant
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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...

© Graham Greene 1960 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

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TWO MONTHS (May 2025 to July 2025) after this has been pointed out to Audible. Graham Greene, A Burnt-out Case. Audible STILL has the sequence of chapters wrong! After Part 4, Chapter 1, there should be Part 4, Chapter 2. Instead the audio jumps to Part 6, Chapter 2.

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