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271 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140017892
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Scobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic...
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271 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140017892
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Scobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic...