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The Quiet American
The Quiet American
Author: Graham Greene
Mr. Greene's novel is a study of new World hope and innocence set in an old world of violence. The scene is Saigon in the violent recent years when the French were desperately trying to hold their footing in the Far East. The principal characters are a skeptical British journalist, his attractive Vietnamese mistress, and an eager young American ...  more »
ISBN: 322335
Publication Date: 3/1/1956
Pages: 249
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Publisher: Viking Press
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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