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The Quiet American

Graham Greene
'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**
Autor: Greene, Graham
EAN: 9780099478393
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 208
Produktart: kartoniert, broschiert
Verlag: Vintage, London
Untertitel: Discover Graham Green's prescient political masterpiece
Schlagworte: Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen Kriegsromane / Kriegserzählungen
Größe: 13 × 132 × 199
Gewicht: 154 g