The Quiet American by Graham Greene

The Quiet American

Graham Greene with Robert Stone (Contributor)

180 pages • first pub 1955 (view editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
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The Quiet American is ideal for readers who appreciate morally complex narratives that intertwine personal relationships with the broader, unsettling realities of political intervention and colonialism.

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Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused, Graham Greene's narrator Fowler remarks of Alden Pyle, the eponymous Quiet American of what is...

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Community Reviews

3.87
based on 5,512 reviews

Moods

reflective: 60%

dark: 56%

challenging: 36%

sad: 35%

mysterious: 31%

tense: 31%

emotional: 27%

adventurous: 21%

informative: 20%

funny: 5%

hopeful: 1%

relaxing: 1%

Pace

13% of readers chose fast
51% of readers chose medium
34% of readers chose slow
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medium
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Plot or character driven?

7% of readers chose Plot
40% of readers chose A mix
52% of readers chose Character
Plot
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Character

Strong character development?

43% of readers chose Yes
31% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
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Loveable characters?

8% of readers chose Yes
32% of readers chose Complicated
57% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
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Diverse cast of characters?

53% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
22% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
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Flaws of characters a main focus?

83% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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