# The Quiet American

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- Authors: [Graham Green](https://www.bookquiver.com/graham-greene)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2010-10-02
- Genres: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general, General and world history

## 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**

## Editions

### The Quiet American

- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: audio
- Length: 5 h 56 min
- Narrated by: Simon Cadell
- ISBN: 978-15-2996-324-3
- Published: 2025-04-24
- Language: en_GB

### The Quiet American

- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9947-839-3
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2019-12-05
- Language: en_GB

### The Quiet American

- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0901-740-0
- Published: 2010-10-02
- Language: en_GB

### The Quiet American

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4303-902-0
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2004-08-31
- Language: en_US