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內容簡介 「我最喜愛的小說是《寂靜的美國人》。」——伊恩.麥克尤恩(Ian McEwan),《課程》暢銷作家在1950年代動盪與暴力的西貢,一位名叫奧登.派爾(Alden Pyle)的年輕理想主義美國CIA特工來到此地,試圖透過一個神秘的「第三勢力」來推動民主。然而,派爾的天真樂觀逐漸引發流血衝突,他的朋友福勒(Fowler),一位犬儒派的外國記者,發現自己無法袖手旁觀。但即使在福勒介入之時,他也不禁懷疑自己的動機:究竟是為了更大的善,還是為了某種更加複雜的原因?收錄莎娣‧史密斯(Zadie Smith)專文導讀《BBC百部塑造世界的小說》之一'The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American' Ian McEwan, Sunday Times bestselling author of LessonsInto the intrigue and violence of 1950s Saigon comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'.As Pyle's naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as Fowler intervenes he wonders why: for the greater good, or something altogether more complicated?WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**