The Quiet American

Discover Graham Green’s prescient political masterpiece

Graham Greene author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:7th Oct '04

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'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 *

ISBN: 9780099478393

Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 13mm

Weight: 151g

208 pages