num_pages: 272
description: Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy. As his native optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, cannot stand aside and just watch.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: The Quiet American
titlecomplete: The Quiet American
characters: Vigot, Phuong, Alden Pyle, Thomas Fowler
genres: Fiction, War, Asia, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Espionage, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 61167
places: Saigon, Southeast Asia, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
publisher: Modern Library