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082 _aFic G83b 1961
100 1 _aGreene, Graham.
245 1 2 _aA burnt-out case /
_cGraham Greene.
260 _aNew York,
_bThe Viking Press,
_cc1961.
300 _a248 p.
_c21 cm.
520 _aWhen Querry, a world-famous architect, finds he no longer enjoys life or takes pleasure in art he sets off on a voyage. Arriving anonymously at a leper colony in the Congo, 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, however blameless, will ever be taken as innocent.
526 _aFICTION
650 _aArchitects -- Fiction.
650 _aLeprosy -- Fiction.
650 _aMissions to leprosy patients -- Africa -- Fiction.
650 _aCongo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction.
650 _aPsychological Fiction.
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_cBK