One of Graham Greene's best works. The story is set at the time of the French war against the Viet Cong and tells the story of liberal British journalist Thomas Fowler, his mistress Phuong, and their relationship with American idealist Pyle. The latter is an earnest young man indocrinated with …
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One of Graham Greene's best works. The story is set at the time of the French war against the Viet Cong and tells the story of liberal British journalist Thomas Fowler, his mistress Phuong, and their relationship with American idealist Pyle. The latter is an earnest young man indocrinated with geo-political theory and whose attempts to shape the world to American ideals ends in his own personal tragedy and drastically alters the lives of the other two participants. Written before the US involvement in Vietnam this is a strangely prophetic work and seriously encapsulates the British viewpoint towards that conflict. A beautifully written book and highly recommended.
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The quiet American
Paperback, 188 pages
English language
Published 1974 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-14-018500-3Copied ISBN!
Quiet American
Hardcover, 232 pages
Published 1973 by HEINEMANN, Random House UK.
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- 978-0-370-01483-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1190691
The quiet American
180 pages
English language
Published 2004 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-14-303902-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 56808713
The quiet American
320 pages
English language
Published 2003 by Thorndike Press.
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- 978-0-7862-5656-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 52334790
The quiet American
210 pages
English language
Published 1982 by Viking Press.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-670-58552-6Copied ISBN!
The quiet American
180 pages
English language
Published 2004 by Vintage.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-09-947839-3Copied ISBN!
The quiet American
515 pages
English language
Published 1996 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-14-024350-5Copied ISBN!
The quiet American
247 pages
English language
Published 1992 by Modern Library.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-679-60014-5Copied ISBN!
The quiet American
188 pages
English language
Published 2002 by Penguin Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-200138-7Copied ISBN!
The Quiet American
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1962 by Penguin (Non-Classics).
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-001792-2Copied ISBN!
Un Américain bien tranquille
French language
Published 2003 by Laffont.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-264-03794-7Copied ISBN!
Quiet American
Hardcover
English language
Published by Amereon Limited.
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- 978-0-88411-657-8Copied ISBN!
The Quiet American
mp3 cd
English language
Published by Blackstone Audiobooks.
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- 978-0-7861-9005-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 54050138
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