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Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and... read more
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Characters edit
- Bill Houston: Older brother to James.
- James Houston: Add a description of this character.
- Colonel Sands
- Nguyen Minh
- Nguyen Hao
- William "Skip" Sands: CIA, poses as an agent from Del Monte, Colonel Sands Nephew and probably THE central figure in the story.
- Eddie Aguinaldo: Philippine army Major. Associated with Skip.
- Father Thomas Carnignan: Priest in Damulog
- Kathy Jones: Missionary Timothy's widow.
- Mayor Luis
- Crodelle
- Rick Voss
- Johnny
- Stevie: James Houston's girlfriend.
- Jimmy Storm
- Cadwallader
- Mahathir
- Fisher
- Timothy: Missionary killed during one of his journeys into the jungle.
- Mrs. Diu
- Kinney
- Harmon
- Mr. Hao: Local contact of the army, establishing the connection with double agent Trung.
- Sarge
- Burris: Younger brother to James.
- Pere Patrice: Local priest.
- Kenneth Johnson
- Lansdale
- Benet
- Claude
- Kim: Hao's Wife
- Rollo
- Mrs. Bingham
- Nash
- Mrs. Rand
- Evans
- Trung: Double agent.
- Terry
- Kennedy
- Dr. Mai
- Bill Junior
- Mr. Reinhardt
- Pilar
Setting & Locations edit
- Vietnam
- Arizona
- Saigon
- Carignan
- South Vietnam
- Manila
- United States
- Mindanao
- Damulog
- America
- Honolulu
- Kansas
- Canada
- Thailand
- Southeast Asia
- Japan
- Joliet
- Kuala Lumpur
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Burma
- Heaven
- Langley
- Good Luck Mountain
- Florence
- Minneapolis
- Boston
- Pudu Prison
- Charlotte
- Malaysia
- Luzon
- Saliling
- Roo
- Tan Son Nhut
- Cebu City
- Phoenix
- San Marcos
- Bangkok
- Berlin
- California
- Washington
- Lz
- Pulangi River
- Bloomington
- China
First Sentence edit
Last night at 3:00 a.m. President Kennedy had been killed.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Denis Johnson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0374279128
Page Count: 624
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0374279128
Page Count: 624
Awards edit
- National Book Award (2007: Fiction)
- Pulitzer Prize (2008: Fiction, nominated)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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