by Graham Greene · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140017922
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«The Quiet American» is Graham Greene's novel of espionage and political fiction, published by Penguin in paperback (192 pages, in English).
In 1950s Saigon, cynical British correspondent Thomas Fowler encounters Alden Pyle, a young idealist sent on a covert mission. Their rivalry over Phuong, a young Vietnamese woman, intertwines with the clash between French colonialism and Washington's interventionism, in a plot of suspense and moral dilemmas.
The novel has been adapted to film twice; this edition is a reprint from Penguin Books.
For readers of English-language fiction interested in classics, espionage, and political fiction with historical background.
Henry Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.
