Classics Literary Historical fiction 1955

The quiet American by Graham Greene

Published in Spanish as El americano tranquilo

As his naïve optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch.

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Nobody is entirely good · it changes how you see things

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