The Tenth Man
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A taut and morally charged novella, The Tenth Man presents a haunting wartime dilemma in which a wealthy French lawyer, Louis Chavel, bargains away his entire estate to a fellow prisoner in exchange for taking his place before a Nazi firing squad — only to later encounter the profound and unsettling consequences of that desperate act. Greene constructs the narrative with his signature economy and psychological precision, illustrating how guilt, identity, and moral cowardice can shadow a man long after the war has ended. When Chavel returns anonymously to his former home, now inhabited by the dead man's family, the story uncovers a tense and ironic reckoning with selfhood and redemption. Written with the spare, suspenseful atmosphere that defines Greene's finest work, the novel argues that no transaction — however legally binding — can absolve a man of the weight of his own survival.
Author: Graham Greene
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, The Bodley Head and Anthony Blond
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A taut and morally charged novella, The Tenth Man presents a haunting wartime dilemma in which a wealthy French lawyer, Louis Chavel, bargains away his entire estate to a fellow prisoner in exchange for taking his place before a Nazi firing squad — only to later encounter the profound and unsettling consequences of that desperate act. Greene constructs the narrative with his signature economy and psychological precision, illustrating how guilt, identity, and moral cowardice can shadow a man long after the war has ended. When Chavel returns anonymously to his former home, now inhabited by the dead man's family, the story uncovers a tense and ironic reckoning with selfhood and redemption. Written with the spare, suspenseful atmosphere that defines Greene's finest work, the novel argues that no transaction — however legally binding — can absolve a man of the weight of his own survival.