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The Quiet American
The Quiet American
Author: Graham Greene
"From the moment I first saw Pyle my instinct was to protect him. There was greater need to protect myself. — Innocence always calls mutely for protection, when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it; innocence is like dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm." — Told through the eyes of Fowler, ske...  more »
ISBN: 181810
Publication Date: 1974
Pages: 187
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Publisher: Bantam Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Superb novel, still very timely today. Greene's writing is masterful.
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Only too timely. Very well written. Still poses knotty moral dilemmas for the reader.
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a classic about the Vietnam war and our involvement in it . Wonderfully written.

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