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The sympathizer

Nguyen, Viet Thanh 1971- (author.).

Summary: "It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong. The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. Viet Thanh Nguyen's astonishing novel takes us inside the mind of this double agent, a man whose lofty ideals necessitate his betrayal of the people closest to him. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today"--Publisher's website.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780802123459
  • ISBN: 0802123457
  • ISBN: 9781472151377
  • ISBN: 1472151372
  • ISBN: 0802124941
  • ISBN: 9780802124944
  • ISBN: 9780802191694
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    371 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grove Press, [2015]
  • Distributor: [Berkeley, CA] : Publishers Group West

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note: The story of a South Vietnamese captain -- a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America -- who returns to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause.
Awards Note:
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2016
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author, Mystery Writers of America, 2016

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