false <![CDATA[The Quiet American]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165104978m/3698.jpg 3698 47 Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious &#8220;Third Force.&#8221; As his naïve optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as he intervenes he wonders why: for the sake of politics, or for love. 1469913 book 1955 The Quiet American total:5106|5:1448|4:2276|3:1126|2:211|1:45| 5106 20189 6878 456 4 4 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 16 12:25:27 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 30 04:32:43 -0700 2008 The Quiet American is a short novel (180 pages), but it packs a punch, both emotionally and politically. A masterful study of male rivalry and political engagement set in 1950s Vietnam, it pits against each other two very different men: Thomas Fowler, a jaded, world-weary, ageing British war corresp...more...]]> 5 4 false false Fri Dec 28 17:24:05 -0800 2007 Tue Oct 06 19:22:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Aug 12 22:52:15 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 20:54:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Jul 07 15:21:05 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 15:22:52 -0700 2008 5 1 false true Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 02:42:25 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 27 10:21:15 -0800 2009 2 more...]]> 5 2 false true Thu Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 19 22:53:06 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 22:55:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 20 23:03:17 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 23:05:25 -0800 2008
Set in 1950s Vietnam, Graham Greene’s The Quiet American is startlingly (and sadly) relevant today. The novel’s title character is a well-meaning idealist from Boston who plays the dangerous game of promoting a “Third Force” in the collapsing French colony. This “Third Force...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 11 11:00:19 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 11:00:19 -0800 2007
My problem with the book was a problem common to many similar authors (DeLillo, I'm lookin...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Oct 19 23:59:17 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 09:27:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 08:06:47 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 07 14:43:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Nov 14 03:36:26 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 03:36:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 11:11:55 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 11:21:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 18:38:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 18:46:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 18 09:54:21 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 12:38:06 -0800 2009 The Quiet American is how prescient Greene was about the naïve idealism and dangerously skewed perspective of the Americans when they began to stake their claims in Indochina; how the table was being set for a terrible and protracted conflict long befor...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 10:53:11 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 10:54:41 -0700 2009
I have only ever read one book by this author, and that was for college English. An excellent writer, I find, and I’ll read more by him.

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