The Ambassador
"The novel is a most fascinating account of all the complexities of the struggle in Vietnam in fictional form. The author knows the situation in depth and detail. The tension between the shaky 'democratic' government and the military; and the tension above all between the local government and the baffled USA officials are all so vividly portrayed that I am persuaded by the novel that the best way of presenting a baffling and, to Americans, a hopeless situation is to present it fictionally in a roman a clef. A most impressive fictional interpretation." - Reinhold Niebuhr.