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393 s. |
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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 |
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"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. 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"--Amazon.com |
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Winner of Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Ficiton ; Center for Fiction First Novel Prize ; and Asian / Pacific American Award for Literature |
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Vietnamese -- California -- Los Angeles
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Soldiers -- Vietnam (Republic) -- Fiction
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Communists -- Vietnam (Republic) -- Fiction
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction
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Krig
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Kommunism
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Spioner
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Vietnamkriget 1957-1975
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Vietnam (Republic) -- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction
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USA
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1970-talet
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Spy stories.
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Historical fiction.
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Skönlitteratur
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Romaner
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| Classmark |
813/.6
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780802124944 |
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