The Quiet American : Discover Graham Green's prescient political masterpiece Japan This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph

This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction by Christopher Buckley

when to be stubborn and when giving up is the grittiest thing you can do

Rose George joins the crew of a container ship to chart the murky waters of international shipping

From that moment

Can you even tell which side you’re on

The Quiet American : Discover Graham Green's prescient political masterpiece Japan This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates JosephAn alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. 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 naive 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?