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  The Quiet American (Vintage books) (Paperback) By (author) Graham Greene, Introduction by Zadie Smith

  

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  Short Description for The Quiet AmericanPyle is a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive 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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  • Publisher: Vintage Classics
  • Published: 01 November 2007
  • Format: Paperback 208 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Historical Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780099478393 ISBN 10: 0099478390
  • Sales rank: 2,595

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• 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 naive 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?