Fiction "The Quiet American," Graham Greene (1955) British author Graham Greene's novel has long held the stature of tragic prophecy. Alden Pyle is a naive CIA agent whose dreams of forging a ...

Upon publication, the novel was controversial for its depiction of the U.S., with some readers viewing it as anti-American. But the book was dubbed one of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our ...

Story follows the line of the book, but with the all-important difference that the character of the American, played without much depth by Audie Murphy, has been drained of meaning, giving the ...

Like The Quiet American, Matterhorn is, in part, the story of disillusionment, a young man's discovery that education and privilege are no shields against enemy fire. “No strategy was perfect ...

The Quiet American was released when U.S. military involvement in Vietnam was just beginning, yet anticipated the Americans’ prolonged and deadly failure to comprehend the country they claimed to be ...

The Slow, Quiet Demise of American Romance. Long before calls for a 4B-style sex strike, ... That search resulted in his 2015 book, Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game.

In “The Quiet Damage,” Jesselyn Cook grapples with the ramifications of the set of conspiracy theories for its devotees and the people who care about them.

Like “The Quiet American,” “Matterhorn” is, in part, the story of disillusionment, a young man’s discovery that education and privilege are no shields against enemy fire. “No strategy ...