{"product_id":"9780099478393","title":"The Quiet American : Discover Graham Green’s prescient political masterpiece","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Graham Greene\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 October 2004 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 x 14mm | 152g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American'  Ian McEwan, Sunday Times bestselling author of LessonsInto 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'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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?WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graham Greene","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56153959825733,"sku":"9780099478393","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780099478393.jpg?v=1762273257","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780099478393","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}