A review by kathleenitpdx
A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene

4.0

This is a well written and interesting story set in the Congo in the mid-twentieth century. A mysterious man arrives at a leper hospital run by Catholic religious. He has reached a state of indifference to love and vocation. The doctor diagnoses him as a burnt-out case. The term they use for lepers who have lost parts of limbs. (I wonder if this is the origin of our current day phrase--"burned out".)
I did struggle with Marie, a child-woman in the story. She did not seem realistic.