Originally published in 1951, it is said that A Dragon Apparent inspired Graham Greene to go to Vietnam and write The Quiet American. Norman Lewis has contributed to A Dragon Apparent: Travels in Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam as an author. Norman Lewis, who died last year, was Englands greatest travel writer of the last century. He wrote a dozen travel books, including such masterpieces as Naples 44, The Honoured Society and A Dragon Apparent, and thirteen novels.