the quiet american is a book by which british writer

He tries to remain neutral when reporting on the war, but his stories are usually altered by the censor to prevent any favour being shown to the Communist forces. Pyle is extremely confident, stupidly so, and his hubris causes problems more wide reaching than just Fowler’s immediate concerns.įowler is world-weary and cynical about Pyle’s idealism. Through Fowler’s membership of the press corps, Greene describes the inevitability of war, the secrecy of the French army, desperate not to give ammunition to the Left back in France, the lack of resources that means soldiers die unnecessarily, and the difficulty of fighting in jungle terrain. Into his settled existence comes Pyle, a young and idealistic American working on a clandestine mission under cover of the medical corps.

Fowler has made a life for himself in Saigon, with a girlfriend, a routine, and all the distance he needs from his regular life in England. Graham Greene’s The Quiet American is somber look at the war between France and the Vietminh through the eyes of a British journalist. Tags 6degrees 20 Books of Summer 1001 Books Africa America Art Australia Autobiography Biography Black culture Black history Blogging about blogging Book review Britain Canada Comedy Crime Dystopia Economics England Fantasy Feminism Film France Germany Graphic novel Historical fiction History Horror Humour Independent Publisher India Influx Press Italy Japan Journalism LGBTQ London Mental health Meta Music Mystery New York Paris Philosophy Picture Prompt Book Bingo Poetry Politics Psychology Racism Randomness Religion Russia Science Science Fiction SciFi Scotland Short stories Six Degrees of Separation Sociology Spain Speculative fiction Sweden Thriller Tokyo Translation Travel United Kingdom USA Wales War Women's Prize for Fiction Women in translation Women in translation month Women read women

The quiet american is a book by which british writer