{"product_id":"9780802123459","title":"The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e  2016 Edgar Award Winner for Best First Novel\u003cbr\u003e  2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Winner\u003cbr\u003e  2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Winner\u003cbr\u003e  2016 PEN\/Faulkner Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e  2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Fiction Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026229444848,"sku":"9780802123459","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802123459_p0.jpg?v=1763725279","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802123459","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}