In Graham Greene's 1961 novel, a famous French architect travels to a leper colony in a remote outpost of the Congo and settles there, apparently with no intention of leaving. Querry, as he is known, has left behind a failed marriage, several mistresses, and a career that has kept him in the public eye for 20 years or more. Like many of the lepers for whom he now builds houses, he is a burnt-out case, in whom the sickness of despair has run its course but left him permanently maimed. The world, however, will not be so easily put away, and Querry finds his peace threatened even here by the meddling of an ex-seminarian and a journalist who conspire to publicize the story of his conversion. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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