In one of this novel's final scenes, a female character allows the repulsive Bagster to sleep with her immediately after the death of her lover. One memorable episode involves the killing of cockroaches by Harris, the roommate of Wilson, who is investigating the protagonist. The driving events of the plot are the suicide of an inspector, Pemberton; the discovery of a letter on the Portuguese vessel Esperanca, and the death of the protagonist's se
In one of this novel's final scenes, a female character allows the repulsive Bagster to sleep with her immediately after the death of her lover. One memorable episode involves the killing of cockroaches by Harris, the roommate of Wilson, who is investigating the protagonist. The driving events of the plot are the suicide of an inspector, Pemberton; the discovery of a letter on the Portuguese vessel Esperanca, and the death of the protagonist's servant Ali at the hands of dock thugs. The protagonist involves himself with the blackmarketer Yusef in order to support his wife, Louise; this and an affair with the shipwreck survivor Helen Rolt eventually leads to his suicide. FTP, identify this novel that forms a "Catholic trilogy" along with Brighton Rock and Power and the Glory and tells the story of Henry Scobie, a work of Graham Greene.
In one of this novel's final scenes, a female character allows the repulsive Bagster to sleep with her immediately after the death of her lover.