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Pulitzer Award, Fiction, 2016 A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two imagination, someone whose politics beliefs clash with his individual loyalties. It really is Apr 1975, and Saigon is at chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese military is sipping whiskey and, by making use of his trustworthy captain, drawing up a set of those who will be given passage aboard the previous flights from the country. The overall and his compatriots start a new lease of life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly watching 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 daddy and an unhealthy Vietnamese mother, a man who visited university in the us, but came back to Vietnam to combat for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love account, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in books, film, and the wars we combat today.
