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A burnt-out case / Graham Greene, with an introduction by Giles Foden.

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ISBN	9780099478430 (paperback)
Name	Greene, Graham, 1904-1991
Title	A burnt-out case / Graham Greene, with an introduction by Giles Foden.
Published	London : Vintage, 2004.
Description	xiii, 192 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes	Originally published: London: Heineman, 1960.
Summary	Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art of pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation. However, as Querry loses himself in work for the lepers his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure. Then the white community finds out who Querry is...
Subjects	Lepers -- Congo (Democratic Republic) Fiction
Subjects	Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
Series	Vintage classics
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction . Lepers -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction . Authors: Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 . Series: Vintage classics .