
The Heart of the Matter
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Narrated by:
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Joseph Porter
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By:
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Graham Greene
In this widely acclaimed modern classic, Graham Greene delves deep into character to tell the dramatic, suspenseful story of a good man’s conflict between passion and faith.
A police commissioner in a British-governed, war-torn West African state, Scobie is bound by the strictest integrity and sense of duty both for his colonial responsibilities and for his wife, whom he deeply pities but no longer loves. Passed over for a promotion, he is forced to borrow money in order to send his despairing wife away on a holiday. When in her absence he develops a passion for a young widow, the scrupulously honest Catholic finds himself giving way to deceit and dishonor. Enmeshed in love and intrigue, he will betray everything he believes in, with tragic consequences.
The Heart of the Matter is one of Graham Greene’s most enduring and tragic novels.
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Powerful book
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Characters come to life with Greene as the author
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I know Mr.Scobie/Greene, as this book is a reflection of his experiences. His story of internal struggle is one that I and I'm sure many relate to. The suffering that we harbor for ourselves and others, the anguish of desiring love but not feeling worthy, the turmoil that accompanies those secret wrongs that we've contributed to... that cancer that festers and eats away at our souls at some time or another, and that wanting desire to escape it all.
Reader, I was consumed by this book. Not because it stirred deep emotion inside of me. Rather, because it gave me permission to be stirred. Knowing that I am part of a tribe that has and will struggle with internal battles, manifest, at some point and that my ill fated attempts to right my wrongs will be subject of talk for but a brief period and will soon be forgotten as the dead!
Genuine and brutally honest!
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of white supremacy and hysterical white women heroines. ho hum
British Colonialism and Catholic Guilt ho hum
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African Nightmare
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What disappointed you about The Heart of the Matter?
Characters were not developed enough for their choices to "ring true." Big disappointment after reading " The Quiet American."What could Graham Greene have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Would have been better as a short story.Would you listen to another book narrated by Joseph Porter?
YesYou didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Well written in places - a few quotable sentences.Not nearly as good as Greene's "The Quiet American
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