The Quiet American

E-179: William Heinemann. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. William Heinemann Ltd. 1955. 247 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (light sunning to the spine; chipping present to the spine ends). Previous owner's name present to the FFEP, lengthy notes from the PO on the rear endpaper describing his love of the novel. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards lightly rubbed and worn. Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam. "I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused," Graham Greene's narrator Fowler remarks of Alden Pyle, the eponymous "Quiet American" of what is perhaps the most controversial novel of his career. Pyle is the brash young idealist sent out by Washington on a mysterious mission to Saigon, where the French Army struggles against the Vietminh guerrillas. As young Pyle's well-intentioned policies blunder into bloodshed, Fowler, a seasoned and cynical British reporter, finds it impossible to stand safely aside as an observer. But Fowler's motives for intervening are suspect, both to the police and himself, for Pyle has stolen Fowler's beautiful Vietnamese mistress. E-179; 0.9 x 7.8 x 5.1 Inches; 247 pages .