The narrator half French, half Vietnamese is a communist sleeper agent in America, imprisoned by his own side he is writing his confession and only when he understands the answer to what is more precious than independence and freedom will he be set free. A gripping, searing, sometimes funny tale of friendship, divided loyalties, exile, and a war in which the Americans are the extras unlike in Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Winner of the Pullitzer Prize 2016.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 101 Summer 2021 ) |
