![The Heart of the Matter](http://rivendell-books.com/cdn/shop/files/1044996_{width}x.jpg?v=1721749732)
With a new introduction by James Wood
Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime west-African state, is distrusted â being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in so doing, he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.