Episode 16
#16 - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
This week we're joined by guest co-host Chris Dinh to discuss the Books & Boba Book Club pick for May 2017, the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Part spy thriller, part meta-fiction, and part social commentary, The Sympathizer is a story about a half-Vietnamese, half-French army captain (and communist double agent) who comes to America as a refugee after the Fall of Saigon.
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- Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)
- Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)
- Chris Dinh (@chrisdinh)
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The Books & Boba May 2017 pick is None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
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