A powerful, biting novel about Vietnam. Told through thhe eyes of Fowler, skeptical, opium-smoking, English war correspondent, here is Graham Greene's penetrating story of Alden Pyle, the "quiet" American; of Fowler himself, disillusioned, remote; of Phuong, the lovely Annamite mistress they shared: of the deeper meaning implicit in American diplomacy in ancient lands.

(Key Words: Graham Greene, Vietnam, Diplomacy, Innocence, Fiction, Novels).