In that work by him, books such as The Challenge to Democracy and The Role of the West by York Harding inspire a man who vies for the hand of the Vietnamese girl Phuong with the journalist Thomas Fowler.
One character created by this author uses a piece of wire to take a meat-bone from a mongrel, promises to himself that he will leave some meat for the dog, but then picks the bone clean. One of his characters is warned not to be at her usual milk bar when a bicycle bomb goes off in a town square as part of a scheme hatched with General Thé ["tay"]. In that work by him, books such as The Challenge to Democracy and The Role of the West by York Harding inspire a man who vies for the hand of the Vietnamese girl Phuong with the journalist Thomas Fowler. That title character is Alden Pyle. In another of this man's works, a mestizo is walked across the border by the "whiskey priest." For 10 points, name this British author of The Quiet American and The Power and the Glory.
One character created by this author uses a piece of wire to take a meat-bone from a mongrel, promises to himself that he will leave some meat for the dog, but then picks the bone clean.
(Henry) Graham Greene