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The Quiet American
Author: Graham Greene
Narrator: Joseph Porter
Unabridged: 6 hr 41 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 03/26/2009
Category: Fiction - Classics
Synopsis
Alden Pyle, an idealistic young American, is sent to Vietnam to promote democracy amidst the intrigue and violence of the French war with the Vietminh, while his friend, Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, looks on. Fowlers mistress, a beautiful native girl, creates a catalyst for jealousy and competition between the men and a cultural clash resulting in bloodshed and deep misgivings.
Written in 1955 prior to the Vietnam conflict, The Quiet American foreshadows the events leading up to the Vietnam conflict. Questions surrounding the moral ambiguity of the involvement of the United States in foreign countries are as relevant today as they were fifty years ago.