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245 14 a| The committed /c| Viet Thanh Nguyen.;

250 a| First edition.;

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264 1 a| New York, NY :b| Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic,c| 2021.;

300 a| xiii, 345 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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520 a| "The astonishing sequel to The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, 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 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. 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"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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The committed / Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Author/creator	Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Edition	First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Publication	New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2021.
Copyright Date	©2021
Description	xiii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Boat people--Fiction. Refugees--Vietnam. --Fiction. Drug traffic--Fiction. Racism--France. --Fiction. Intellectuals--Fiction. Paris (France)--Fiction.

Abstract	"The astonishing sequel to The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, 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 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. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-344).
Issued in other form	Online version: Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971- Committed. First edition. New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2021 9780802157089
Genre/form	Psychological fiction.
Genre/form	Suspense fiction.
Genre/form	Psychological fiction.
LCCN	2020057028
ISBN	9780802157065 hardcover
ISBN	0802157068 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book
Standard identifier#	40030431446
Stock number	Pgw, C/O Ips Jackson 210 American Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301 SAN 631-8630

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