A Burnt-Out Case (Twentieth Century Classics)

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Summary: Where is YOUR leproserie?
Review: This short tale of a well known architect who wants peace and quiet in a different world is definitely not everyone's cup of tea! And the title is about perfect! But for an exploration of a burnt out Englishman seeking solace and quiet in the tropics, and in a leper colony no less, this is hard to beat! You can feel the heat, the insects, and general overall misery. Greene was an inveterate traveller to these parts, and knew his subject. Whether the hero , Quarry, ever attains his much sought after "redemption" is up to the reader, but this book ,along with several similar ones in the vast Greene oevre, is a good,safe substitute to a trip to the haunted, disease ridden, tropics.