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Michel Lechat

Michel Lechat was medical director of the Yonda leprosy settlement in the then Belgian Congo when Graham Greene arrived in 1959 to research the book that became A Burnt-Out Case; the novel is dedicated to him.

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Diary: Graham Greene at the Leproserie · 2 August 2007