The Heart of the Matter:

Synopsis

“wilson sat on the balcony of the bedford hotel with his bald pink knees thrust against the ironwork. " graham greene's masterpiece, the heart of the matter, tells the story of a good man enmeshed in love, intrigue, and evil in a west african coastal town. Scobie is bound by strict integrity to his role as assistant police commissioner and by severe responsibility to his wife, louise, for whom he cares with a fatal pity.