The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
—· 384 p· 2015
Pulitzer Prize20th Century Classicdarktensehauntingreflectivephilosophical
Overview
About
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.
Pages
384
Audible Studios on Brilliance
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Political Intrigue10
Identity Conflict10
Prose9
Narration9
Worldbuilding8
Emotional depth8
Plot twists8
Pacing8
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