Possibly one of the most interesting people who has ever lived. A patron saint of travelers.
Could have had more connection to Mexico's rich, deep and dark history instead of being a simple horror novel that could have been located in Ohio.
Greene appears obsessed with relatively trivial matters of the heart - his little affairs, adultry, unfairness to his snobby wife and his Catholic guilt, yet ignores the real heart of darkness in West Africa - the evils of colonialism and the trans-atlantic slave trade, which do not warrant even a passing mention.