The Sympathizer

About this book

The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as five other awards, The Sympathizeris the breakthrough novel of the year. With the pace and suspense of a thriller and prose that has been compared to Graham Greene and Saul Bellow, The Sympathizeris a sweeping epic of love and betrayal. The narrator, a communist double agent, is a "man of two minds," a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who arranges to come to America after the Fall of Saigon, and while building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles is secretly reporting back to his communist superiors in Vietnam. The Sympathizeris a blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping espionage novel, and a powerful story of love and friendship.