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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Sympathizer about?
A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties.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...
Who reads The Sympathizer?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Publisher
- Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Thriller, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (23,709 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14