Book Review: The Quiet American by Graham Greene
30 April, 2009
This is the first book of Graham Greene’s that I’ve read and I found it took me completely by surprise, totally unputdownable! The topic of the book isn’t my normal choice at all, but the writing style had me hooked until the story was finished. For such a short book it contains so much:
- characters are shy and innocent yet tough and imaginative
- clashes of american, british, french and asian cultures
- descriptions of locations are detailed
- even the theme of the book could be said to cover political, romance, thriller and military tastes
Surely this book must therefore prove to suit a multitude of reading styles!
My score: 3.5/5
