false 347629 10 With a new introduction by Giles Foden<br><br>When Querry, a famous architect, no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life, he goes to work at a Congo leper village where, as he loses himself in work for the lepers, his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure. Then the white community finds out who Querry is. 1107771 1970 A Burnt-Out Case total:572|5:157|4:246|3:147|2:21|1:1| 572 2253 767 31 1 0 false false Sun Oct 18 10:55:51 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 06:19:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 11:00:13 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 17:42:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 09:37:15 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 07:48:27 -0700 2009
Maybe I didn't quite understand? I was hoping for a story rich with dripping wet details of living in the heart of africa on a leper colony, but instead i just kind of found what I felt was a superfici...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 19:39:58 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 19:41:35 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 14:43:54 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 17:17:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 04:11:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 05:33:32 -0700 2009 4 1 false false Sat Nov 15 06:36:55 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 19:59:04 -0800 2008
Fortunately he writes about troubled relationships set in unstable geo-political situations and it's not only beautiful but intriguing to boot.]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 12:47:08 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 29 22:02:02 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 10:52:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 10:52:00 -0700 2009 LRB. Via Bookslut.]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 11:21:45 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 11:57:25 -0700 2008 I could r...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 27 22:24:40 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 22:25:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 20 12:35:49 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 21:03:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 08:27:58 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 06:11:56 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 10:23:08 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 05:36:21 -0700 2009 Graham Greene's most masterful books. It explores themes familiar in his other books. It is peculiar in the finality that the main character feels his feelings. Like the amputee lepers in the colony the main character has escaped to, the disease can be cured, but the damage...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Fri Sep 19 19:12:36 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 19:22:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 14:56:22 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 13:13:56 -0800 2008 As is typical in a Graham Greene novel, a collection of mostly unpleasant people come together in an unlikely place, in this case a Catholic-run leper colony. They -- the mostly unpleasant people, I mean -- talk quite a bit, especially about theology. Well-written...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 31 20:09:29 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 20:11:14 -0700 2008 Have been such a lazy clod of reader lately that I had to teach myself to read again.
Stunning to be reminded of what I love---and the final moment of his laugh was so deeply rending. Am glad I could just stare at the ocean.
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Love Graham Greene, but this one was a little boring. the guy is in the jungle hiding, sort of. Leprosy, etc. Some nice moments but hard to finish.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=347629