The Heart of the Matter
内容简介
With a new 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 so doing, he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
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作者简介
Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.
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读书文摘
他本来认为爱同相互了解是有关系的，但是随着年龄的增长，他知道没有谁能够了解另外一个人。爱本是一种想了解别人的愿望，只是因为不断失败，这种愿望很快就死亡了，爱或者也随着死去，或者变成了痛苦的情谊，变成忠贞、怜悯……
这些人都是受了金钱的腐蚀，而他却是受感情腐蚀而堕落的。比较起来，感情比金钱更为危险，因为感情是没有固定价格的。一个慣于受贿的人在贿赂没有达到某一数字时还是可靠的，而感情却可能只因为一个名字、一张照片，甚至一阵使人有所缅怀的气味就在一个人的心里泛滥起来。
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