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The Sympathizer (Vietnamese: Cảm tình viên) is a historical black comedy drama miniseries based on the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen. The series was created by co-showrunners Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, with Park directing for the series as well.
- United States, Canada
- Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Vy Le, Alan Trong, Duy Nguyễn
With Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr., Toan Le, Fred Nguyen Khan. Near the end of the Vietnam War, a plant who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community where he continues to secretly spy and report back to the Viet Cong.
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The Sympathizer is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese-American professor and writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is a best-selling novel, and recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The novel received generally positive acclaim from critics, it was named on more than 30 best book of the year lists and a New York Times Editor's Choice.
- Viet Thanh Nguyen
- 416 pp.
- 2015
- 7 April 2015
Watch the espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about a Vietnamese spy in LA, starring Sandra Oh and Robert Downey Jr. The Sympathizer premieres on April 14 at 9 PM on HBO.
8 hours ago · The Sympathizer is the story of the Captain ( Hoa Xuande )—he remains unnamed in the novel—a North Vietnamese spy embedded in the South Vietnamese military. In the months before the end of the ...
Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather ...
