{"product_id":"the-sympathizer","title":"The Sympathizer #1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdgar Award for Best First Novel | Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] remarkable debut novel.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--Philip Caputo, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (cover review)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize, a startling debut novel from a powerful new voice featuring one of the most remarkable narrators of recent fiction: a conflicted subversive and idealist working as a double agent in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as seven other awards, \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e is 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e is a blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping espionage novel, and a powerful story of love and friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eViet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Vietnam and raised in America. He is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the academic books \u003ci\u003eRace and Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNothing Ever Dies\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a cultural critic-at-large for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and teaches English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viet Thanh Nguyen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46709023342877,"sku":"9780802124944","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780802124944.jpg?v=1707328892","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/the-sympathizer","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}