
- Publisher:
- VINTAGE
- Year of publication:
- 2004
- ISBN:
- 978-0-09-947839-3
- Pages:
- 192
THE QUIET AMERICAN
GRAHAM GREENE
Discover Graham Greens 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 BBCs 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**