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The Quiet American is a 1955 novel by English author Graham Greene. Narrated in the first person by journalist Thomas Fowler, the novel depicts the breakdown of French colonialism in Vietnam and early American involvement in the Vietnam War.
The Quiet American is the story of a British journalist covering the war in 1950s French Indochina and the annoying American who disrupts his complacent lifestyle. Sure, he’s in a war zone, but he has never had it better.
Nov 5, 2002 · The Quiet American. Paperback – November 5, 2002. While the French Army in Indo-China is grappling with the Vietminh, back in Saigon a young and high-minded American named Pyle begins to channel economic aid to a "Third Force."
- Graham Greene
Aug 31, 2004 · Originally published in 1956 and twice adapted to film, The Quiet American remains a terrifiying and prescient portrait of innocence at large. This Graham Greene Centennial Edition includes a new introductory essay by Robert Stone.
This edition of Graham Greene’s prophetic novel about American involvement in the Vietnam War includes the complete text of the work, along with essays by Greene, extensive historical writings, and relevant literary criticism.
Mar 13, 2018 · The Quiet American. A “masterful . . . brilliantly constructed novel” of love and chaos in 1950s Vietnam (Zadie Smith, The Guardian). It’s 1955 and British journalist Thomas...
Graham Greene. Penguin, 1977 - Fiction - 188 pages. "The Quiet American" is a terrifying portrait of innocence at large. While the French Army in Indo-China is grappling with the...
Into the intrigue and violence of 1950s Saigon comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As Pyle's naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch.
Discover Graham Green’s prescient political masterpiece. ‘The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American’ Ian McEwan. Into the intrigue and violence of 1950s Indo-China comes CIA agent...
The politics of 1950’s Vietnam are played out in the contrasting views of the young idealistic American Pyle actively and destructively pushing for an American style democracy and much older cynical Fowler who cares only for what peace could mean for the peasants in the rice fields.
- Graham Greene
