The committed
Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-2022
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'The Committed' follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in 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 reeducation 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.
Main title:
The committed / Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Author:
Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-, author
Imprint:
London : Corsair, 2022.
Collation:
xiii, 345 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2021.
ISBN:
9781472152534 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6G
LC class:
PS3614.G97
Local class:
FT PbkFIC
Language:
English
BRN:
3064637