Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Sympathizer, appeared at the Tattered Cover Bookstore here in Denver this past Wednesday night to read from his book, answer questions, and autograph copies for his many fans. The novel is about a refugee who comes to Southern California after the fall of Saigon in April of 1975 and spies on his fellow refugees for the communist regime back in Vietnam. Nguyen himself was a Vietnamese refugee, coming to California - at the age of 4 - with his parents and brother after Vietnam fell. He says that his book - described as darkly humorous with a very dark ending - has something to offend everyone, and participated in a lively give and take with the audience. It sounds like an interesting, not to mention intense, book. I definitely intend to put in a request at the Denver Public Library for it and check it out. I'll let you know what I think.
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