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Greene, Graham Reserve Kit The Quiet American "The Quiet American," written in 1955, provides a look at the developing war in Vietnam through the eyes of Fowler, a seasoned correspondent reporting on the struggles between the French Army in Indo-China and the Vietminh. Back in Saigon a young and high-minded American named Pyle begins to channel economic aid to a "Third Force." As young Pyle's policies blunder on into bloodshed, the older man finds it impossible to stand aside as an observer. But Fowler's motives for intervening are suspect, both to the police and to himself, because Pyle has become involved with Fowler's mistress, a Vietnamese woman named Phuong. 247 p. 1992 Adult Fiction Book Discussion Questions

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