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Monster Essays - The Works of Graham Greene
The Works of Graham Greene
"Many adjectives have been used to describe the novels and plays of
Graham Greene - timely, religious, melodramatic, even "seedy"" (Graham
Greene, A Collection of Critical Essays, back cover). Although this may
not be entirely true in Greene*s other work, it is certainly true in his
novel, The Quiet American. The Quiet American is judged as one of Greene*s
"entertainments" that include comedies, spy fiction, and thrillers that
take place in foreign countries (Introduction). According to World
Literature Critics editor, James P. Draper, The Quiet American is set in
South Vietnam and anticipates U.S. involvement in the Vietnam....
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