Book Riot | Best October Book Releases
“The author of The Sympathizer writes of his life since he was 4 when he and his family fled their hometown, Ban Mê Thuột, and came to the
A series of reviews and articles referring to Viet’s written works.
“The author of The Sympathizer writes of his life since he was 4 when he and his family fled their hometown, Ban Mê Thuột, and came to the
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s memoir, A Man of Two Faces, is reviewed by Publishers Weekly This bold and ambitious memoir from novelist Nguyen (The Committed) employs
Joe Stanek writes a review of A Man of Two Faces for The Chicago Review of Books Commenting on a social media post of a Time article
With a panel of celebrated authors—Megan Abbott, Harlan Coben, S.A. Cosby, Gillian Flynn, Tana French, Rachel Howzell Hall, and Sujata Massey—TIME presents the most gripping,
In this comprehensive list, we’ve got everything from debuts and memoirs to short story collections and highly anticipated novels. Shelbi Polk compiles books to check
“I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces,” Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2015 debut novel, “The Sympathizer,” begins. The unnamed narrator
It’s officially October, a month that can mean many things to many people. It may represent a turn in the wheel of the year, when
Viet Thanh Nguyen probes the primal rift in A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial. Gary Singh reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s memior,
Carol Memmott writes a review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s memoir, A Man of Two Faces for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune Just pages into Pulitzer Prize-winning Viet
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Literary Hub features Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Committed in their Ultimate Best Books of 2021 List.
Kerri Miller reviews The Committed for MPR News. 2021 has been a banner year for great fiction. Between the reading I do for MPR News
Tomi Obaro reviews The Committed for BuzzFeed News’ Best Books of 2021. In 2015’s The Sympathizer, Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize–winning debut novel, an unnamed spy documents
Namrata Poddar features The Committed for The Millions. When I got pregnant in 2018, I received my share of platitudes and breezy advice reserved for
CrimeReads features Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Committed in their Best Crime Novels of 2021 list.
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