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The Quiet American

by Graham Greene · 1955

Literary Fiction · ranked #122 in category

Thomas Fowler, a jaded British journalist in 1950s Vietnam, watches as the idealistic young American Alden Pyle intervenes in the conflict with disastrous results. Greene's prescient novel about American intervention in Asia asks what damage is done by those who believe they are helping — and whether Fowler's cynicism is any more moral than Pyle's innocence.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
1955 · 1950s
Author
Graham Greene
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