A communist spy embedded in the South Vietnamese army flees to America after the fall of Saigon -- and his confession reveals the cost of being a man of two minds in a war of two sides.
About This Book
Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life in 1975 Los Angeles.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want their assumptions challenged: books that raise questions without easy answers. This is a book that asks something of you. Dense, layered, and best read slowly. The pacing is balanced, time to breathe between moments that matter. If you want clear answers and a satisfying resolution, look elsewhere.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something challenging and thought-provoking, and a read that's balanced and absorbing.
What It Explores
The Sympathizer explores identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, power structures and how they shape individual lives, war and its costs — both during and long after, and redemption — whether it is earned, possible, or ever truly complete.
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