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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- Graham Greene on "The Quiet American" from "Ways of Escape."
- Book Review. "This is not Graham Greene’s best work but even subpar writing from Graham Greene will have something worthwhile to it." April 28, 2021
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The Disquieting Resonance of 'The Quiet American'. The Quiet American portrays the site of a rising local insurgency against French colonial rule. NPR Radio; July 17, 2011 - The Quiet American: how anti-Americanism has changed over the years. Katie Roiphe, NYU; February 26, 2003
- In Our Time No Man Is a Neutral: "America is a crassly materialistic and "innocent" nation with no understanding of other peoples." Robert Davis, chairman of the English Department at Smith; March 11, 1956