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# The Quiet American

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Review: A Fascinating Novel About 1950s Vietnam Authored by An Iconic British Author - "The Quiet American" is a really interesting and well written novel. It was authored in the 1950s. It is set in Vietnam in the 1950s during fighting that includes the French and predates official American military involvement. The author, Graham Greene is an iconic British author. The protagonist is a British Journalist. The story involves political intrigue, romance, and some adventure. It is not necessarily a fast pacd novel. It is a very well written story that allows for a lot of contemplation. In retrospect it looks like a warning to America about what the future in Vietnam holds. I took my time reading this novel and found it fascinating. This story is the type of novel that is not always a "light read". It is a thinking person's novel. There is some symbolism. I accessed a copy of Spark Notes on line for free and studied the novel as I read. I read chapters and then studied Spark Notes for that chapter. I am glad that I did so. It added to the experience. However the novel is comprehensible without the additional study. I really liked this novel and am quite glad that i read it. In case it matters I also listened on audiobook and read simultaneously. I am glad that I did both. There were times I re read certain episodes that seemed intellectually deep. This is the kind of novel I read when I have time to concentrate. It was both enjoyable and really worth the effort. Thank You...
Review: I Did Not See That One Coming - Set in the days before the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, this story kept me interested to the last page. The American idealism, the French bitter colonialism, and the British disengagement interplay in this story where life and death, love and lust, come at the most random moments. “There ain’t no good guys. There ain’t no bad guys. There’s only you and me and we just disagree.”

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,238,106 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #237 in Classic Literature & Fiction #294 in Espionage Thrillers (Books) #520 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (8,644) |
| Dimensions  | 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.8 inches |
| Edition  | Trade Paperback Edition |
| ISBN-10  | 0142001384 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0142001387 |
| Item Weight  | 5.6 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 188 pages |
| Publication date  | November 5, 2002 |
| Publisher  | Penguin Books |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Fascinating Novel About 1950s Vietnam Authored by An Iconic British Author
*by F***Y on April 1, 2020*

"The Quiet American" is a really interesting and well written novel. It was authored in the 1950s. It is set in Vietnam in the 1950s during fighting that includes the French and predates official American military involvement. The author, Graham Greene is an iconic British author. The protagonist is a British Journalist. The story involves political intrigue, romance, and some adventure. It is not necessarily a fast pacd novel. It is a very well written story that allows for a lot of contemplation. In retrospect it looks like a warning to America about what the future in Vietnam holds. I took my time reading this novel and found it fascinating. This story is the type of novel that is not always a "light read". It is a thinking person's novel. There is some symbolism. I accessed a copy of Spark Notes on line for free and studied the novel as I read. I read chapters and then studied Spark Notes for that chapter. I am glad that I did so. It added to the experience. However the novel is comprehensible without the additional study. I really liked this novel and am quite glad that i read it. In case it matters I also listened on audiobook and read simultaneously. I am glad that I did both. There were times I re read certain episodes that seemed intellectually deep. This is the kind of novel I read when I have time to concentrate. It was both enjoyable and really worth the effort. Thank You...

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I Did Not See That One Coming
*by R***L on April 18, 2025*

Set in the days before the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, this story kept me interested to the last page. The American idealism, the French bitter colonialism, and the British disengagement interplay in this story where life and death, love and lust, come at the most random moments. “There ain’t no good guys. There ain’t no bad guys. There’s only you and me and we just disagree.”

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "No one has had better motives for all the trouble he caused"
*by D***H on October 1, 2025*

Published in 1955, this book by acclaimed author Graham Greene is remarkably prescient. In this account, a jaded British newspaperman has spent years covering the resistance to French colonization in Vietnam. While he has a wife back in England, he has been in a long term relationship with a local Vietnamese woman for years. Then one day a seemingly bright though innocent American shows up, saying he's there to help the Vietnamese people. It soon becomes clear that though this American Pyle had presented himself as a humanitarian, in actuality, he is with American intelligence (it's unclear if the initials CIA were well known in 1955 as they are today; they are never mentioned here). The journalist, Fowler, comes across evidence that Pyle is equipping Vietnamese rebels with material to construct bombs. Fowler confronts him about this, and Pyle's true feelings about the people he is there to "help" become clear. He sees them as children who need the helping hand of the white man to make sure they don't go down wayward paths, for example, by choosing Communism. Things eventually come to a head in dramatic fashion, and one can see how many already thought that Western meddling in these locals was a path to hell. This book is justifiably a classic, and the trope about the "Quiet American" who arrives with the best of intentions and little else is brilliantly introduced by Greene in this book. This book will appeal to fans of classic literature, the Cold War era, or traditional spy fiction.

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