The Quiet American
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: August 25, 1977
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780140017922
First sentence: AFTER dinner I sat and waited for Pyle in my room over the rue Catinat: he had said, "I'll be with you at latest by ten," and when midnight had struck I couldn't stay quiet any longer and went down into the street.