The Quiet American

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DESCRIPTION : 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-C hina 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** PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9780099478393 BY (AUTHOR) Greene, Graham PUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing PUBLICATION DATE : October 01, 2004 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Vintage Classics LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm WEIGHT : 170 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Fiction & Related items Show more