The Tenth Man
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition
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 gripping wartime dilemma in which a group of French prisoners are forced to draw lots to determine who among them will be executed by their Nazi captors. When a wealthy lawyer named Chavel draws the fatal lot, he desperately bargains away his entire estate in exchange for another man's willingness to die in his place — a transaction that haunts him long after the war ends. Greene masterfully chronicles Chavel's postwar attempt to reclaim some semblance of identity and redemption, only to find himself a stranger in his own former home, face to face with the dead man's family. Written with the same lean, suspenseful prose and penetrating moral intelligence that defines Greene's finest work, the narrative illustrates how guilt, cowardice, and the instinct for survival can irrevocably alter a man's soul. Rediscovered decades after it was written as a film treatment, The Tenth Man stands as a compelling and surprisingly moving meditation on conscience, class, and the cost of survival.
Author: Graham Greene
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Simon and Schuster
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: First Edition
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 gripping wartime dilemma in which a group of French prisoners are forced to draw lots to determine who among them will be executed by their Nazi captors. When a wealthy lawyer named Chavel draws the fatal lot, he desperately bargains away his entire estate in exchange for another man's willingness to die in his place — a transaction that haunts him long after the war ends. Greene masterfully chronicles Chavel's postwar attempt to reclaim some semblance of identity and redemption, only to find himself a stranger in his own former home, face to face with the dead man's family. Written with the same lean, suspenseful prose and penetrating moral intelligence that defines Greene's finest work, the narrative illustrates how guilt, cowardice, and the instinct for survival can irrevocably alter a man's soul. Rediscovered decades after it was written as a film treatment, The Tenth Man stands as a compelling and surprisingly moving meditation on conscience, class, and the cost of survival.