Tempo di lettura stimato:
9h 4m
Genere: Classici moderni,
Editore: Vintage Classics
Anno: 2004
Lingua: Inglese
Rilegatura: Flessibile
Pagine: 272 Pagine
Isbn 10: 0099478420
Isbn 13: 9780099478423
Trama
In a British colony in West Africa, Henry Scobie is a pious and righteous man of modest means enlisted with securing borders. But when he’s passed over for a promotion as commissioner of police, the humiliation hits hardest for his wife, Louise. Already oppressed by the appalling climate, frustrated in a loveless marriage, and belittled by the wives of more privileged officers, Louise wants out.
Feeling responsible for her unhappiness, Henry decides against his better judgment to accept a loan from a black marketeer to secure Louise’s passage. It’s just a single indiscretion, yet for Henry it precipitates a rapid fall from grace as one moral compromise after another leads him into a web of blackmail, adultery, and murder. And for a devout man like Henry, there may be nothing left but damnation.
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