Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-

The sympathizer [book group discussion kit] Viet Thanh Nguyen.

KIT FIC NGU

Book group discussion kit.

New York : Grove Press, ©2015.

10 copies in bag + folder of questions.

"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. Viet Thanh Nguyen's astonishing novel takes us inside the mind of this double agent, a man whose lofty ideals necessitate his betrayal of the people closest to him. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today"--Publisher's website.

Soldiers -- Vietnam (Republic) -- Fiction.

Communists -- Vietnam (Republic) -- Fiction.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction.

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Asian/Pacific American Award winners.

Pulitzer prizes for the novel/fiction.

Edgar award novels.

Book group discussion kits.

Kit intended for use by book groups.

Books are accompanied by questions for book group discussion.

Books contain brief essay and interview.

Winner of the Carnegie Medal for excellence fiction, 2016.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for the novel/fiction, 2016.

Winner 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel.

Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature, 2015-2016.

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