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The Quiet American is an anti-colonial novel by English author Graham Greene, first published in the United Kingdom during 1955 and in the United States during 1956. The novel depicts French and British colonialism being supplanted by the Americans Read More..

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Description	The Quiet American is an anti-colonial novel by English author Graham Greene, first published in the United Kingdom during 1955 and in the United States during 1956. The novel depicts French and British colonialism being supplanted by the Americans in early 1950s Southeast Asia. Greene portrays a U.S. official as so blinded by American exceptionalism that he cannot see the calamities he brings upon the Vietnamese. It was adapted as movies during 1958 and 2002. The book uses Greene's experiences as a war correspondent for The Times and Le Figaro in French Indochina 1951–1954. He was apparently inspired to write The Quiet American during October 1951 while driving back to Saigon from Ben Tre province. He was accompanied by an American aid worker who lectured him about finding a "third force in Vietnam”.
Description	The Quiet American is an anti-colonial novel by English author Graham Greene, first published in the United Kingdom during 1955 and in the United States during 1956. The novel depicts French and British colonialism being supplanted by the Americans in early 1950s Southeast Asia. Greene portrays a U.S. official as so blinded by American exceptionalism that he cannot see the calamities he brings upon the Vietnamese. It was adapted as movies during 1958 and 2002. The book uses Greene's experiences as a war correspondent for The Times and Le Figaro in French Indochina 1951–1954. He was apparently inspired to write The Quiet American during October 1951 while driving back to Saigon from Ben Tre province. He was accompanied by an American aid worker who lectured him about finding a "third force in Vietnam”.

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Name	The Quiet American
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Authors	Graham Greene
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Genre	Novel
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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