The Sympathizer
★ 4.4 avg
900 votes
About this book
Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life in 1975 Los Angeles.
Reader Profile
4.4/5 · 900 readers · 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Sympathizer?
About ≈ 7 h 07 m — 384 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Sympathizer?
384 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Sympathizer?
It sits on the Spy Fiction, Fiction shelves.
Is The Sympathizer in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Sympathizer?
Viet Thanh Nguyen.
🏆 Awards
Pulitzer Prize for FictionDayton Literary Peace PrizeAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionEdgar Allan Poe Award for Best First NovelCenter for Fiction First Novel PrizeAsian/Pacific American Awards for Literature