The Coy Vietnamese

A seller of postcard packets and tour books encountered in front of Saigon’s cathedral.

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She had three books for sale: the Lonely Planet guide to Vietnam, a history of the Cuchi tunnels dug and used by the Vietcong outside of Saigon … and the title she holds in the picture [update: I’ve been informed that the photo is unclear. The title is Graham Greene’s “The Quiet American”], and which she was waving at me as I crossed the street.