The Quiet American

Graham Greene

The Quiet American
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 October 2004
Pages
208
ISBN
9780099478393

The Quiet American

Graham Greene

‘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’. 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**

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