The Quiet American: Discover Graham Greene’s prescient political masterpiece: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Quiet American: Discover Graham Greene’s prescient political masterpiece runs 5.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Cadell (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.9 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Cadell
Simon Cadell narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 31 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,193 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Quiet American: Discover Graham Greene’s prescient political masterpiece is an audiobook by Graham Greene: a 5.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Cadell, released April 24, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Cadell
- Released
- April 24, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Westerns & War, Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781529963243
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Quiet American: Discover Graham Greene’s prescient political masterpiece as an audiobook?
The Quiet American: Discover Graham Greene’s prescient political masterpiece runs 5.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is The Quiet American: Discover Graham Greene’s prescient political masterpiece free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Quiet American: Discover Graham Greene’s prescient political masterpiece?
The Quiet American: Discover Graham Greene’s prescient political masterpiece is narrated by Simon Cadell.