'The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American'Ian McEwan,Sunday Times bestselling author of LessonsInto 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 complicatedWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITHOne of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099478393Number of pages: 208Weight: 149 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 13 mm
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The novel that I love the most is The Quiet AmericanThere has been no novel of any political scope about Vietnam since Graham Greene wrote The Quiet AmericanA master of storytellingOne of the finest writers of any languageA superb storyteller - he had a talent for depicting local colour,a keen sense of the dramatic,an eye for dialogue,and skill in pacing his prose
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