I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.

Graham Greene

The Quiet American

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Topic

Justifications and rationales

Speaker

Alden Pyle

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Quiet American

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. The Quiet American. William Heinemann, 1955, ch. 4, sec. 2.

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Citation

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