The committed : a novel
The Committed follows the "man of two minds" as he comes to Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and prepare for their futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, but still inwardly tortured by his re-education at the hands of his former best friend, and struggling to assimilate into a dominant culture, the Sympathizer is both charmed and disturbed by Paris. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals and politicians who frequent dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese "aunt," he finds not just stimulation for his mind but also customers for his merchandise-but the new life he is making has dangers he has not foreseen. Both literary thriller and brilliant novel of ideas, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen's position in the firmament of American letters.
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Brothers > Fiction. Drug traffic > Fiction. Racism > France > Fiction. Refugees > Vietnam > Fiction. Paris (France) > Fiction. |
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Psychological fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
- ISBN: 9780802157065
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Physical Description
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xiii, 345 pages ; 24 cm - Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Sequel to: The sympathizer. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |