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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?

'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'.

**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

© Graham Greene 1955, 1973 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

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This book is recommended on many “100 best books” lists so I thought I would give it a go. I was not disappointed. A really good yarn, told fantastically well by a brilliant narrator. Narrator so good decided to try another of his recordings- scoop by Waugh ( not started yet) ,

Fantastic

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