GREENE, Graham — In Search of a Character

New York: The Viking Press, 1962. In Search of a Character: Greene's African Journey GREENE, Graham. In Search of a Character. Two African Journals. New York: The Viking Press, [1962]. First edition. Octavo (9 x 5 3/8 inches; 229 x 136 mm.). xvi, 93 [1, blank] pp. Publisher's lilac cloth over boards, spine lettered in gilt, tan endpapers printed in white. A fine copy in the original green printed dust jacket. Extremities of jacket very slightly rubbed. A near fine copy. A revealing and important work by Graham Greene, documenting his journeys through West and Central Africa in the late 1950s. These journals record Greene's travels in Sierra Leone and the Belgian Congo, undertaken in part as research for what would become A Burnt-Out Case (1961). Blending reportage, observation, and personal reflection, the text offers a vivid account of colonial Africa at a moment of political and social transition, while also illuminating Greene's creative process. A particularly attractive copy of a key transitional work linking Greene's travels with one of his most introspective novels. .