The Quiet American Paperback - 2004
by Graham Greene; Introduction by Robert Stone
Summary
"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 the French Army struggles against the Vietminh guerrillas.
As young Pyle's well-intentioned policies blunder into bloodshed, Fowler, a seasoned and cynical British reporter, finds it impossible to stand safely aside as an observer. But Fowler's motives for intervening are suspect, both to the police and himself, for Pyle has stolen Fowler's beautiful Vietnamese mistress.
Originally published in 1956 and twice adapted to film, The Quiet American remains a terrifiying and prescient portrait of innocence at large. This Graham Greene Centennial Edition includes a new introductory essay by Robert Stone.
Details
- Title The Quiet American
- Author Graham Greene; Introduction by Robert Stone
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 180
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 2004-08-31
- ISBN 9780143039020 / 0143039024
- Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.6 in (21.08 x 14.22 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 800
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, War stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004559911
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Library Journal, 10/15/2004, Page 99
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