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9. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Tue Oct 25, 2016, 12:14 PM

Oct 2016

Pulitzer winner in 2016. Maybe 1/5th in. Great read so far. Not sure where it is headed other than the obvious narrative set up in the beginning.

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