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Viet Thanh Nguyen

Born 1971 · United States

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Books on prize lists

  • Written in English

    Pulitzer 2016 · Winner

    The Sympathizer

    The Sympathizer

    Viet Thanh Nguyen · 44 when first published

    Novel · 384 pages · War, Politics, Migration

    AI-generated summary:A South Vietnamese captain of mixed French and Vietnamese descent, secretly a communist agent, flees Saigon in 1975 with his general and settles among the refugees of Los Angeles, on whom he goes on reporting.