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02304aim a22004335a 4500 001 222EBA6CA18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161103010209 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 130915s2009 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 $a 1481546740 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 $a 9781481546744 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 028 42 $a MWT10077734 040 $a Midwest $d SILO 100 1 $a Greene, Graham, $d 1904-1991. 245 14 $a The quiet American $h [electronic resource] / $c Graham Greene. 250 $a Unabridged. 260 $a [United States] : $b Blackstone Audio, Inc. : $c 2009. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 42 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 $a Read by Joseph Porter. 520 $a Alden Pyle, an idealistic young American, is sent to Vietnam to promote democracy amidst the intrigue and violence of the French war with the Vietminh, while his friend, Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, looks on. Fowler's mistress, a beautiful native girl, creates a catalyst for jealousy and competition between the men and a cultural clash resulting in bloodshed and deep misgivings. Written in 1955 prior to the Vietnam conflict, The Quiet American foreshadows the events leading up to the Vietnam conflict. Questions surrounding the moral ambiguity of the involvement of the United States in foreign countries are as relevant today as they were fifty years ago. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 $a Indochinese War, 1946-1954 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Triangles (Interpersonal relations) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Americans $z Indochina $v Fiction. 650 0 $a War correspondents $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Indochina $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Vietnam $v Fiction. 655 7 $a War stories. $2 gsafd 700 1 $a Porter, Jos. $q (Joseph) 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/10077734 $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/bsa_9781433273889_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20161103011655.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=222EBA6CA18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search