Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2004 |
Seiten | 288 |
Format | 13 x 19,7 x 1,4 cm |
B-format paperback | |
Gewicht | 204 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Vintage Classics |
ISBN-10 | 0099478420 |
EAN | 9780099478423 |
Bestell-Nr | 09947842EA |
Winner of the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and considered one of the best English language novels of the twentieth century.
Klappentext:
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.
Rezension:
Primarily a novel about the moral consequences of religious belief, but it is almost as importantly a novel about colonialism Independent