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Essay Archive - 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
Sout....
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