With a new introduction by Zadie Smith Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious βThird Force.β As his naΓ―ve optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it har
The quiet American
β Scribed by Graham Greene
- Publisher
- Vintage Books;W. Ross MacDonald School Resource Services Library
- Year
- 2004;2017
- Tongue
- UND
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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EDITORIAL REVIEW:
With a new introduction by Zadie SmithInto the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious βThird Force.β As his naΓ―ve 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 sake of politics, or for love?
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