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The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Synopsis
An unnamed South Vietnamese army captain is secretly a communist double agent. The son of a French father and a Vietnamese mother, he enters a refugee community in Los Angeles after the fall of Saigon in April 1975, while continuing to report to his communist superiors. His political commitment conflicts with attachment to the people around him. The novel combines espionage, exile and satire through a narrator who sees the demands of opposing worlds.
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