The Quiet American

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$30.00 US
5.13"W x 7.71"H x 1.2"D  
On sale Jan 01, 1996 | 544 Pages | 9780140243505
Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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This edition of Graham Greene's prophetic novel about American involvement in the Vietnam War includes the complete text of the work, along with essays by Greene, extensive historical writings, and relevant literary criticism.
Graham Greene was born in 1904. While at Balliol College, Oxford, he published his first book of verse. He continues to write throughout his lifetime, and is the author of The Third Man, Our Man in Havana, The Quiet American, and The End of the Affair, in addition to many other novels, short story collections, plays, essays, travel books, and film scripts. During World War II he served with the British Secret Intelligence Service. He died in 1991. View titles by Graham Greene
The Quiet AmericanIntroduction by Robert Stone

Suggestions for Further Reading by Michael Gorra

The Quiet American

"No serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than Graham Greene." —Time

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This edition of Graham Greene's prophetic novel about American involvement in the Vietnam War includes the complete text of the work, along with essays by Greene, extensive historical writings, and relevant literary criticism.

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Graham Greene was born in 1904. While at Balliol College, Oxford, he published his first book of verse. He continues to write throughout his lifetime, and is the author of The Third Man, Our Man in Havana, The Quiet American, and The End of the Affair, in addition to many other novels, short story collections, plays, essays, travel books, and film scripts. During World War II he served with the British Secret Intelligence Service. He died in 1991. View titles by Graham Greene

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The Quiet AmericanIntroduction by Robert Stone

Suggestions for Further Reading by Michael Gorra

The Quiet American

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"No serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than Graham Greene." —Time

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