{"product_id":"2026200011177-secondhand-the-heart-of-the-matter","title":"The Heart Of The Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece of moral fiction, The Heart of the Matter chronicles the tragic downfall of Henry Scobie, a deeply conscientious British police officer stationed in West Africa during World War II. Greene presents a man of profound integrity slowly crushed beneath the weight of his own compassion — a man who loves too much and, in doing so, destroys himself. The novel unfolds with quiet, suffocating tension as Scobie becomes entangled in an adulterous affair, financial corruption, and a crisis of Catholic faith, each compromise pulling him further from the man he once was. Greene argues, with devastating clarity, that pity — not hatred — can be the most corrosive of human emotions. The result is a psychologically rich and spiritually haunting portrait of guilt, duty, and the impossible burden of being good.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956205891803,"sku":"2026200011177-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/77edc3b6-7a99-40b2-bfc2-9332e3e96b7e.png?v=1783499058","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011177-secondhand-the-heart-of-the-matter","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}