A Burnt-Out Case
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A Burnt-Out Case is a novel by English author Graham Greene, published in 1960.
The plot concerns Querry, a world-famous architect, who is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference, he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anoymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case,' a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation. However, Querry loses himself in working for the lepers, his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure. Then the white community finds out who Querry is...