The Quiet American Av Graham Greene

<p><b>''The novel that I love the most is <i>The Quiet American</i>'' Ian McEwan, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Lessons</i></b><br><br><b>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''.</b><br><br>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?<br><br><b>WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH</b><br><br><b>**One of the BBC''s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**</b></p>