The Quiet American

The Quiet American (1955) is a novel by British author Graham Greene. It was adapted into films in 1958 and 2002. The Quiet American is one of Greene's later books, written in 1955, and draws on his experiences as a SIS agent spying for Britain in World War II in Sierra Leone in the early 1940s and on winters spent from 1951 to 1954 in Saigon reporting on the French colonial war for The Times and Le Figaro. He was apparently inspired to write The... more

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  • Dec 1955

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Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene OM, CH (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English author, playwright and literary critic. His works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world. Greene was notable for his ability to combine serious literary acclaim with widespread popularity....

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