The Quiet American
Author | : Graham Greene |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-11-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780099478393 |
ISBN-13 | : 0099478390 |
Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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**