The sympathizer /
Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-
The sympathizer / Viet Thanh Nguyen. - 393 pages ; 21 cm
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.
Winner of Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Ficiton ; Center for Fiction First Novel Prize ; and Asian / Pacific American Award for Literature
9780802124944 (pbk) 0802124941 (pbk)
99967276087
Vietnamese--California--Los Angeles.
Soldiers--Vietnam (Republic)--Fiction.
Communists--Vietnam (Republic)--Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction.
Vietnam (Republic)--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction.
Spy stories.
Historical fiction.
Spy fiction.
PS3614.G97 / S96 2015
813/.6
The sympathizer / Viet Thanh Nguyen. - 393 pages ; 21 cm
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.
Winner of Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Ficiton ; Center for Fiction First Novel Prize ; and Asian / Pacific American Award for Literature
9780802124944 (pbk) 0802124941 (pbk)
99967276087
Vietnamese--California--Los Angeles.
Soldiers--Vietnam (Republic)--Fiction.
Communists--Vietnam (Republic)--Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction.
Vietnam (Republic)--Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction.
Spy stories.
Historical fiction.
Spy fiction.
PS3614.G97 / S96 2015
813/.6