by Viet Thanh Nguyen · Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780802124944
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«The Sympathizer» is the spy novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, published by Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press in paperback (384 pages, in English).
A South Vietnamese captain, a half-French, half-Vietnamese sleeper communist agent, escapes Saigon and spies from Los Angeles for his superiors while feigning loyalty to a general. Between spy thriller and social satire, the novel reflects on divided identity, loyalty, and the legacy of the Vietnam War.
First installment of the «The Sympathizer» series. Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
Recommended for readers of spy novels, historical fiction, and narratives about the Vietnam War and the Asian American experience.
Viet Thanh Nguyen is a South Vietnamese-born American professor and novelist. He is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.
