![]() ![]() Man is a communist while Bon is a patriot. The narrator's handler, Man, one of his two best friends, orders the narrator to go with the General, so the narrator includes his own name on the list as well as that of his other best friend, Bon. ![]() The General isn't happy about the limit because he would like to take his entire staff with him. When the General decides it is time to leave Vietnam, he asks the narrator to compile a list of evacuees that will leave with them, but the list must be limited to a certain number since there will only be so much room on the plane. He lives in the General's villa with the General's wife and children. The narrator lives in Vietnam with the General, whom he has been assigned to spy on. He begins his confession at a point in time when he is still in Vietnam and Saigon is about to fall. When the story begins, the narrator, who remains unnamed throughout the novel, is being held captive and forced to write his confession for the commandant. His efforts to survive in two worlds at once lead him to make mistakes that end in his capture and torture at the hands of one of the people he most trusts. ![]() "The Sympathizer," by Viet Thanh Nguyen, is the story of a communist spy who is conflicted about where he stands within his political beliefs and in the world itself. ![]()
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