| Author | : Graham Greene |
| File Size | : 41,9 Mb |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 02 October 2010 |
| ISBN | : 9781409017400 |
| Pages | : 210 pages |
The Quiet American by Graham Greene Book PDF Summary
'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**
