A review by pasc96
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

5.0

A masterwork of both story and structure from a first-time novelist, The Sympathizer brings the reader to the edge of madness and back again, squirming and even laughing along the way. Nguyen never shies from the tough, eternal questions, and the unnamed narrator's split identities and muddled loyalties make the reader re-examine their own selves (personal, cultural, familial, religious). This is the rare book that made me want to start all over again once I read the last sentence.