The sympathizer / Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Material type: TextDescription: 393 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 0802124941; 9780802124944Subject(s): Vietnamese fiction -- California -- Los Angeles | Soldiers -- Vietnam (Republic) -- Fiction | Communists -- Vietnam (Republic) -- Fiction | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Vietnam (Republic) -- FictionGenre/Form: Fiction. | Spy stories. | Spy fiction. | Historical fiction. DDC classification: 813/.6 LOC classification: PS3614.G97 | S96 2015bSummary: 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.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. 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.Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/NGU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500046236 |
Includes a new essay and author interview.
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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