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A Burnt-out Case
- Author
- Graham Greene
- Narrator
- Richard Morant
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 24 April 2025
- Run Time
- 7 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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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...
© Graham Greene 1960 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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Details
- Author
- Graham Greene
- Narrator
- Richard Morant
- Duration
- 7 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 April 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529963298
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. 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...© Graham Greene 1960 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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