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The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by: Graham Greene

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780143039020
ISBN: 0143039024
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: August 31, 2004
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Release Date: September 28, 2004
Sales Rank: 7458
Studio: Penguin Classics

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While the French Army in Indo-China is grappling with the Vietminh, back in Saigon a young and high-minded American named Pyle begins to channel economic aid to a 'Third Force.'

Caught between French colonialists and the Vietminh, Fowler, the narrator and seasoned foreign correspondent, observes: 'I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.' As young Pyle's policies blunder on into bloodshed, the older man finds it impossible to stand aside as an observer. But Fowler's motives for intervening are suspect, both to the police and to himself: for Pyle has robbed him of his Vietnamese mistress.

'No serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than Graham Greene.' (Time)

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- A Bird's Eye View of 1950's French Colonial Vietnam
The Quiet American by Graham Greene is about a British foreign correspondent on assignment in Vietnam. His assignment is to report the progress of the fighting between several groups who are trying to take control of the government and dismiss the French from their land. Fowler is a middle aged, opium addicted atheist in love with a young and beautiful Vietnamese orphan girl named Phuong with whom he cohabits.
Our third main character Pyle is American,young, introverted for the most part and up to "secret" stuff including stealing Phuong.
This is a classically written book from a great novelist. My original interest was in discovering what 1950s Vietnam looked like and I was not disappointed at all. It is an interesting plot with many turns and Mr. Greene's descriptions are detailed and captivating.
A most enjoyable book.

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- I was a reporter, I had no real opinions about anything
So said the main character (and narrator) Fowler about himself in an attempt to thwart his promotion to the position of editor, away from the French war in Indo China, and his mistress Phuong.

And a true assessment of himself it may have been, if things had remained as they were. But once Pyle, the naïve, quiet American with his eye on the selfsame Phuong, and his dangerous political meddling enters the scene, Fowler ceases to be a mere spectator, and enters the real world of action with all that it entails. This, then, is the factual gist of, for me, Graham Greene's greatest novel.

It contains everything one has come to admire in Greene: an absolute economy of words, character developed through action and terse dialogue rather than descriptive language, all set within (what has seemingly become an unavoidable cliché when discussing his novels) an intriguing moral dilemma. So he breaks ... Read More

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- The Quiet American
I had never read the book but reading it I remembered seeing the movie. The book is riviting, insightful and scary. There is so much said in so few pages. I can see where discussion of the book could be never ending.

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- I Read it while in Vietnam! What are the chances?
I was in Vietnam for Vacation, and I came across this novel in a market store in Saigon. I remember there was a movie, but I had never seen it. I will have to say for a small little simplistic novel there was much to be enjoyed. The novel is narrated by Fowler, the British "OLDER" reporter who loves the space and madness occurring in 1950' Vietnam. Fowler is met by Pyle, an American on humanitarian mission to feed the war ravaged citizens of Vietnam. Pyle admits that he is in love with Fowler's Asian Girl friend and would like to steal her away. From this point on Greene continues the playful bantering back and forth between these two characters, but the novel soon becomes dark and more sinister as we learn these characters' deep dark secrets, they are not what they seem. Graham Greene has created an enjoyable novel that amounted to a love story, adventure story and Mystery all in this nicely written novel. I liked ... Read More

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