![]() ![]() He is penning a confession to a nameless "Commandant" as he recounts how, despite being a Communist sympathizer, he wormed his way into the confidences of the fleeing South Vietnamese and managed to keep old animosities fanned. "I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces," says the titular Sympathizer in the novel's memorable opening line. After all, the novel examines a little explored facet of the Vietnam War: its lingering aftereffects on the fractured country's diaspora. ![]() It is only fitting that the fall of Saigon, which observed its 40th anniversary last year (see Beyond the Book), serves not as bookend, but as the opening act for Viet Thanh Nguyen's spellbinding debut, The Sympathizer. Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. ![]() The Sympathizer examines the legacy of the Vietnam War through the eyes of one man who has conflicting beliefs and loyalties. ![]()
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