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The Quiet American
The Quiet American
Author: Graham Greene
"I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused," Graham Greene's narrator Fowler remarks of Alden Pyle, the eponymous "Quiet American" of what is perhaps the most controversial novel of his career. Pyle is the brash young idealist sent out by Washington on a mysterious mission to Saigon, where th...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780143039020
ISBN-10: 0143039024
Publication Date: 8/31/2004
Pages: 208
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  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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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