The Rumpus Reviews The Sympathizer

Amina Gautier reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer for The Rumpus. Replete with ambushes, betrayals, double agents, espionage, freedom fighters, refugees, and taboo sex, Viet Nguyen’s debut novel The Sympathizer has what readers have been trained to expect from war narratives and spy thrillers. However, despite all that is to be expected, The Sympathizer […]