Shifting Loyalties, Guilt And Betrayal Inform Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Dazzling Debut Novel About Vietnam, ‘The Sympathizer’
Tricia Springstubb reviews The Sympathizer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Welcome a unique new voice to the literary chorus. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel “The Sympathizer” (Grove Atlantic, 384 pp., $26) is, among other things, a character-driven thriller, a political satire, and a biting historical account of colonization and revolution. It dazzles on all fronts. […]
