The Sympathizer
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Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life in 1975 Los Angeles.
"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. 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"--Amazon.com.
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Nguyen, V. T. (2015). The Sympathizer. Grove Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-. 2015. The Sympathizer. Grove Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-, The Sympathizer. Grove Press, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Nguyen, Viet Thanh. The Sympathizer. Grove Press, 2015.
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| 586 | |a Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. | ||
| 586 | |a Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. | ||
| 586 | |a Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. | ||
| 586 | |a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2016. | ||
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