I've always meant to read something by Graham Greene, and I saw the 2002 movie adaptation of this book, so I thought I'd read it, though I barely remember the film. The Quiet American, published in 1955, was condemned in the US as anti-American, as you can imagine, since the story deals with the ear...
This is my second Greene book and so far, my favourite. Greene is an awesome author - he has the balance of an interesting story and an elegant style of writing that is neither simple or complicated. The Quiet American is set Vietnam during the war. The main protagonist and narrator is the aging Tho...
Another novel studied in class. I did enjoy it and thought the writing was great. I wouldn't have been all that immersed in the symbolism and ideology debates and prophetic nature of the novel if I hadn't studied it in class, but as it was, it did a great job of testing the reader and forcing them t...
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