Q: The Quiet American (1955)

 

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[the timing suggests Lansdale was NOT the model]

Thomas Fowler, British journalist in his fifties
Alden Pyle, CIA agent
Phuong, a beautiful young Vietnamese woman
Vigot, a French inspector at the Sûreté

Part One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Part Two
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Part Three
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Part Four
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3