'The Sympathizer' Defies Hollywood Depictions of the Vietnam War

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a startling debut novel about a conflicted subversive and idealist working as a double agent in the aftermath of the Vietnam

Even working on The Sympathizer, it tears me up, because I have a real life parallel to the

the runaway family Adapted from Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, it's the story of a man caught between worlds The unnamed protagonist is a

the last summoner A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, offering a unique perspective on the Vietnam