The Quiet American

by Graham Greene · first published 1955

The Quiet American is a 1955 novel by English author Graham Greene. Narrated in the first person by journalist Thomas Fowler, the novel depicts the breakdown of French colonialism in Vietnam and early American involvement in the First Indochina War. A subplot concerns a love triangle between Fowler, an American named Alden Pyle, and Phuong, a young Vietnamese woman. The novel implicitly questions the foundations of growing American involvement in Vietnam in the 1950s, exploring the subject through links among its three main characters: Fowler, Pyle and Phuong.

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Genre:

War

Original language:

English

Year page:

1955