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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780099478393
ISBN: 0099478390
Label: Vintage Books
Manufacturer: Vintage Books
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2004-11-02
Publisher: Vintage Books
Product Release Date: 2004-11-02
Studio: Vintage Books

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 “Third Force.” As his naïve 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?

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: greene classic
Review: A classic whose truth seems not to fade:
"I hope to God you know what you are doing here. Oh, I know your motives are good, they always are... I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings. And that applies to your country too, Pyle."

This Vintage edition has an introduction by Zadie Smith: "There is no real way to be good in Greene, there are simply a million ways to be more or less bad."

There is a very good movie adaptation of this book with Michael Caine playing Fowler.The Quiet American

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