The Quiet American
- Auteur: Graham Greene (Engeland)
- Soort boek: spionage roman uit 1955, thriller
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Penguin
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Nederlandse vertaling: De stille Amerikaan
- Waardering redactie: ∗∗∗∗∗ (uitstekend)
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Graham Greene The Quiet American recensie, review en informatie
- “A superb storyteller – he had a talent for depicting local colour, a keen sense of the dramatic, an eye for dialogue, and skill in pacing his prose.” (New York Times)
- “There has been no novel of any political scope about Vietnam since Graham Greene wrote The Quiet American.” (Harper’s)
- “The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American.” (Ian McEwen)
Flaptekst van de roman van Graham Greene uit 1955
Into the intrigue and violence of 1950s Saigon comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious ‘Third Force’.
As Pyle’s naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as Fowler intervenes he wonders why: for the greater good, or something altogether more complicated?
Graham Greene was born on 2 October 1904, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 
1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died 3 April 1991 in Vevey, Switzerland, in the age of 86.