Greene, Graham: 1904-1991

The Quiet American, 1955 - Information about the Book

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    • The novel depicts the breakdown of French colonialism in Vietnam and early American involvement in the Vietnam War. A subplot concerns a love triangle between Fowler, an American CIA agent named Alden Pyle, and Phuong, a young Vietnamese woman.
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    • The book was one of the BBC’s 100 novels that shaped our world in 2022
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