The quiet American

Author

Graham Greene

Call Number

• FICTION GREE (CEN)

Publication Information

New York : Penguin Books, 2004.

Physical Description

xx, 180 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

This novel is a study of New World hope and innocence set in an Old World of violence. The scene is Saigon in the violent years when the French were desperately trying to hold their footing in the Far East. The principal characters are a skeptical British journalist, his attractive Vietnamese mistress, and an eager young American sent out by Washington on a mysterious mission.

Notes

"Graham Greene centennial, 1904-2004"--Cover.

"First published ... by William Heinemann Ltd 1955 ... This edition ... published in Penguin Books (U.S.A.) 2004"--T.p. verso.