The Quiet American
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1950s Vietnam during the twilight of French colonial rule, The Quiet American is a masterwork of political fiction and moral ambiguity. The novel chronicles the tense relationship between Thomas Fowler, a world-weary British journalist, and Alden Pyle, a dangerously idealistic young American CIA operative whose naive enthusiasm for nation-building has catastrophic consequences. Greene presents a searing indictment of American foreign policy and Western interventionism, arguing with prophetic clarity that good intentions, divorced from reality, can be the most destructive force of all. Told through Fowler's cynical yet conflicted voice, the narrative unfolds with the precision of a thriller and the depth of a literary masterpiece, weaving together a love triangle, a murder mystery, and a profound meditation on complicity and conscience. Written in 1955, it remains one of the most prescient and powerful novels of the twentieth century.
Author: Graham Greene
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1950s Vietnam during the twilight of French colonial rule, The Quiet American is a masterwork of political fiction and moral ambiguity. The novel chronicles the tense relationship between Thomas Fowler, a world-weary British journalist, and Alden Pyle, a dangerously idealistic young American CIA operative whose naive enthusiasm for nation-building has catastrophic consequences. Greene presents a searing indictment of American foreign policy and Western interventionism, arguing with prophetic clarity that good intentions, divorced from reality, can be the most destructive force of all. Told through Fowler's cynical yet conflicted voice, the narrative unfolds with the precision of a thriller and the depth of a literary masterpiece, weaving together a love triangle, a murder mystery, and a profound meditation on complicity and conscience. Written in 1955, it remains one of the most prescient and powerful novels of the twentieth century.