num_pages: 188
description: While the French Army in Indo-China is grappling with the Vietminh, back in Saigon a young and high-minded American named Pyle begins to channel economic aid to a "Third Force."Caught between French colonialists and the Vietminh, Fowler, the narrator and seasoned foreign correspondent, "I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused." As young Pyle's policies blunder on into bloodshed, the older man finds it impossible to stand aside as an observer. But Fowler's motives for intervening are suspect, both to the police and to for Pyle has robbed him of his Vietnamese mistress.
language: English
title: The Quiet American
titlecomplete: The Quiet American
characters: Alden Pyle, Vigot, Thomas Fowler, Phuong
genres: Fiction, Classics, British Literature, Espionage, War, Asia, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 61164
places: Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Vietnam, Southeast Asia
publisher: Penguin Books