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The Sympathizer|Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Sympathizer : A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
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Now an HBO Limited Series from Executive Producers Park Chan-wook and Robert Downey Jr., Streaming Exclusively on Max

Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Winner of the 2016 Edgar Award for Best First Novel
Winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
One of TIME's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time

"[A] remarkable debut novel."--Philip Caputo, New York Times Book Review (cover review)

Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize, a startling debut novel from a powerful new voice featuring one of the most remarkable narrators of recent fiction: a conflicted subversive and idealist working as a double agent in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as seven other awards, The Sympathizer is the breakthrough novel of the year. With the pace and suspense of a thriller and prose that has been compared to Graham Greene and Saul Bellow, The Sympathizer is a sweeping epic of love and betrayal. The narrator, a communist double agent, is a "man of two minds," a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who arranges to come to America after the Fall of Saigon, and while building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles is secretly reporting back to his communist superiors in Vietnam.

The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping espionage novel, and a powerful story of love and friendship.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780802124944
  • ISBN-10: 0802124941
  • Publisher: Grove Press
  • Publish Date: April 2016
  • Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.85 pounds
  • Page Count: 384

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer is a sophisticated spy novel set at the close of the Vietnam War. The novel’s French-Vietnamese narrator, the captain, is an undercover Communist agent. Along with members of the South Vietnamese Army, who are unaware of his true sympathies, the captain escapes the turmoil of Saigon and settles in Los Angeles. There, he spies on his fellow countrymen, dispatching secret letters about their activities to a member of the Communist leadership. When the captain arouses suspicion, he must find a way to continue his mission without revealing his true identity. Meanwhile, he becomes involved in the making of a Hollywood film about Vietnam and falls in love. Nguyen juggles plot elements with remarkable ease, delivering a masterfully crafted debut that explores the legacy of war and the weight of loyalty.

 

This article was originally published in the June 2016 issue of BookPage. Download the entire issue for the Kindle or Nook.

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