Greene: The Quiet American

With A New Introduction By Zadie Smith Into The Intrigue And Violence Of Indo-China Comes Pyle, A Young Idealistic American Sent To Promote Democracy Through A Mysterious “Third Force.” As His Naïve Optimism Starts To Cause Bloodshed, His Friend Fowler, A Cynical Foreign Correspondent, Finds It Hard To Stand Aside And Watch. But Even As He Intervenes He Wonders Why: For The Sake Of Politics, Or For Love?