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reviewed The Quiet American by Graham Greene (Penguin classics)

Graham Greene: The Quiet American (Paperback, 2004, Penguin Books) 4 stars

One of Graham Greene's best works. The story is set at the time of the …

Review of 'The Quiet American' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A thoughtful, sensitive novel written with real depth, but writing like Graham's—in this, anyway—always seems to have a film over it that mutes its energy and distances me from the action and the characters.