Publication

2004 - Penguin Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

63,750 words, Guess

Page Count

255 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL3321862M
  • ISBN-100142437999
  • ISBN-139780142437995
  • Goodreads455785
  • LibraryThing19756
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  • Library of Congress Control Number2004275122
  • Better World Books9780142437995

Classifications

  • DDC823/.912
  • LCCPR6013.R44 H4 2004
  • LCCPR6013.R44H4 2004

Description

Focusing on a British police officer in an unnamed West African colony, this novel attempts to show, along with the socially restricted lives of colonists in Africa, the effects of sin on a devout catholic. After sending his unhappy wife to South Africa at her request the officer begins an affair with a young woman, a survivor of a shipwreck and now widowed but is unable to end the relationship when his wife returns even though he feels he is committing a mortal sin.

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Genres

  • Fiction

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