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A Burnt-out Case - Graham Greene

By Graham Greene

Release Date: 2025-04-24

Genre: Fiction

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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

A Burnt-out Case - Graham Greene

By Graham Greene

Release Date: 2025-04-24

Genre: Fiction

(0 ratings)
Play Full Download
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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