The Quiet American: Discover Graham Green’s prescient political masterpiece

Discover Graham Green’s prescient political masterpiece‘The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American’ Ian McEwanInto 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**

• | Author: Graham Greene
• | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• | Publication Date: Oct 07, 2004
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780099478393
• | ISBN-10: 0099478390