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A Burnt Out Case
by Greene, Graham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good 1st, clean and crisp d/j, with a little bumping on edges. Black boards fair (some signs of mould), with silver titling on s
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1962. 1st Eng lang. hardback. Good 1st, clean and crisp d/j, with a little bumping on edges. Black boards fair (some signs of mould), with silver titling on spine. Pages tight, clean and unmarked, some foxing on edges. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). 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...
Synopsis
A Burnt-Out Case (1960) is a novel by English author Graham Greene.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC40703
- Title
- A Burnt Out Case
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good 1st, clean and crisp d/j, with a little bumping on edges. Black boards fair (some signs of mould), with silver titling on s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Eng lang
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 256
- Size
- 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8\"\" x
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Greene
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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Inklings & Yarnspinners
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
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- Spine
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