Each year 6 different authors win the Pulitzer prize. In 2016, Viet Thanh Nguyen won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with his book The Sympathizer.

On its surface the Sympathizer is about a North Vietnamese spy, but in reality it's a story about searching for one's identity.

In this episode, Andy and Tony break down the Sympathizer and talk about its themes: communism, capitalism, socialism, colonialism, class warfare, social norms, and so much more.

The Sympathizer is diverse, unique, and definitely a great piece of modern literature. Join us for the discussion!

Books mentioned in the podcast (in no particular order)

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

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Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by Laszlo Kraznahorkai

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Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park

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All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

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Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

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War Trash by Ha Jin

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Libra by Don Delillo

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The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric LaRocca

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Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

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The Bridge at No Gun Ri

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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

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Monument Maker by David Keenan

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Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger

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Schopenhaur's Telescope by Gerard Donovan

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