- Publisher: Vintage
- Year: 2019
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 200pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 167x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.2kg
- ISBN: 9781784872076
- Product code: 531666
The Quiet American
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Ageing British journalist Thomas Fowler and idealistic young CIA agent Alden Pyle meet in Vietnam during the First Indochina War. Fowler’s 20-year-old lover catches Pyle’s attention, and as their relationships develop and sour, choices are made with terrible implications for the ongoing war.
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Ageing British journalist Thomas Fowler and idealistic young CIA agent Alden Pyle meet in Vietnam during the First Indochina War. Fowler’s 20-year-old lover catches Pyle’s attention, and as their relationships develop and sour, choices are made with terrible implications for the ongoing war.
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Graham Greene, Intro. Zadie Smith
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167x128mm
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