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Virtuoso with Words
In my opinion there are three great British writers of the cold war era- John Le Carre, George Orwell and Graham Greene.
Of the three, John le Carre should... READ MORE
Political yet character-driven
An excellent book (my first Greene) that offers a snapshot of 1950s Indo-China and the political/military turmoil of the French colonial power versus Commu... READ MORE
Synopsis
'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**
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780099478393
- Number of pages: 208
- Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 14 mm
- Weight: 158g
- Languages: English