“They killed him because he was too innocent to live. He was young and ignorant and silly and he got involved. He had no more of a notion than any of you what the whole affair's about, and you gave him money and York Harding's books on the East and said, 'Go ahead. Win the East for democracy.' He never saw anything he hadn't heard in a lecture hall, and his writers and his lecturers made a fool of him.”
This novel delves into the complexities of the Vietnam War era, focusing on the intertwining lives of a British journalist and an American photojournalist amidst the backdrop of political intrigue and colonial power struggles. more
Graham Greene was a renowned British writer born on October 2, 1904. His works are characterized by deep insight and unique narrative techniques, and he is hailed as one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century. Greene's writing spans a variety of themes, including spy novels, religious novels, and noir novels. more
“Sometimes to defeat somebody that plays dirty, you have to play dirty yourself.”
“But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half the seed of Europe, one by one.”