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The Quiet American
- Author
- Graham Greene
- Narrator
- Simon Cadell
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 24 April 2025
- Run Time
- 5 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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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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Details
- Author
- Graham Greene
- Narrator
- Simon Cadell
- Duration
- 5 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 April 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529963243
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: war and conflict, Narrative theme: politics / economics, Colonialism and imperialism, Romance: love triangles
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.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 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'.**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**© Graham Greene 1955, 1973 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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