The Quiet American
Author: Greene, Graham
ISBN: 9780099478393
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 2004
Pages: 208
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 14mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'A great writer who spoke brilliantly to a whole generation. Prophet-like' Alec Guinness
Discover Graham Green's prescient political masterpiece
'The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American' Ian McEwan
Into the intrigue and violence of 1950s Indo-China comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch.
But even as he intervenes he wonders why- for the greater good, or something altogether more complicated?
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH
**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
ISBN: 9780099478393
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 2004
Pages: 208
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 14mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'A great writer who spoke brilliantly to a whole generation. Prophet-like' Alec Guinness
Discover Graham Green's prescient political masterpiece
'The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American' Ian McEwan
Into the intrigue and violence of 1950s Indo-China comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch.
But even as he intervenes he wonders why- for the greater good, or something altogether more complicated?
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH
**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
