Arthur Rowe's life takes a mysterious and dangerous turn in World War II England when he wins a cake at a charity event and someone is willing to kill him to get back.
A biography of the Patuxet Indian who, after his capture, escape, and return to his childhood home, helped the Pilgrims establish the colony of Plymouth.
The Quiet American forshadows the events leading up to America's Vietnam conflict. Questions surrounding the moral ambiguity of the involvement of the United States in foreign countries are as relevant today as they were fifty years ago.