The Quiet American
Discover Graham Green’s prescient political masterpiece
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:7th Oct '04
Should be back in stock very soon
'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'.
'The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American' Ian McEwan, Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons
Into the intrigue and violence of 1950s Saigon comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'.
As Pyle's naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as Fowler 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**
The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American -- Ian McEwan
There has been no novel of any political scope about Vietnam since Graham Greene wrote The Quiet American * Harper's *
A master of storytelling * The Times *
One of the finest writers of any language * Washington Post *
A superb storyteller - he had a talent for depicting local colour, a keen sense of the dramatic, an eye for dialogue, and skill in pacing his prose * New York Times *
It might be nearly 60 years since The Quiet American was first published, but it still evokes the exotic promise of the Orient, and the troubled relationship Vietnam has with the West * Wanderlust *
ISBN: 9780099478393
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 13mm
Weight: 151g
208 pages