"The Trustee" is a novel by Graham Greene in the genre of a political detective with elements of a psychological detective (the author constantly describes the hero's mental state, and many turns of the plot are due to the hero's emotional shock). The writer wrote the novel in six weeks in a rented apartment on Bloomsbury, where he tried to abstract. In one of the countries of Europe there is a cruel civil war. The question of victory largely depends on which side will be able to provide itself with coal for the winter. To address this vital issue, D. has been sent to London. A former teacher of literature, he is now the last hope of his tormented homeland for the imminent end of the war.