# The Quiet American

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- Book: [The Quiet American](https://www.bookquiver.com/graham-green/the-quiet-american) ([The Quiet American.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/graham-green/the-quiet-american.md))
- Authors: [Graham Green](https://www.bookquiver.com/graham-green)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9947-839-3
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2019-12-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'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**