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A good, fast-reading classic of foreign intrigue by master spy novel author Graham Greene. Wherein he tells of a love triangle in 1950's Vietnam involving an older, jaded British reporter and young, idealistic yet naive American "economic attache" -- most likely a CIA operative -- and their fight for the heart of a lovely, patient and mysterious young Vietnamese girl.
Since it's a classic, I won't say much. But say that it tells a compelling love story. While weighing in morally on how far "good ...more
Since it's a classic, I won't say much. But say that it tells a compelling love story. While weighing in morally on how far "good ...more
The book abounds in irony. It's a brilliantly executed satire of the John Foster & Allan Dulles types that pervaded the CIA in the 1950s. Unfortunately, some of that American stupidity still exists, still needs to be satirized. The present to the past back to the present structure may be off putting to some readers, but it delivers the correct level of punch and truth.
Half the book is dedicated to historical documents and literary criticism. I may come back to these things later, after I've dig ...more
Half the book is dedicated to historical documents and literary criticism. I may come back to these things later, after I've dig ...more
Love Greene's writing and the way he describes historical times and places. Everything seems real.
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