# The Sympathizer

**Author(s):** Francois Chau, Viet Thanh Nguyen
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-sympathizer/verdict.json
**Genres:** thriller, spy-thriller, mystery
**Pages:** 384
**Publisher:** Audible Studios on Brilliance
**Published:** Thu Jan 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781336217560
**ISBN-10:** 1410482626
**ASIN:** B00PSSG4MM
**Amazon categories:** Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Spies & Politics > Espionage
**Amazon binding:** $24.74
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-sympathizer

## Description

Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life in 1975 Los Angeles.

## SageChimp reader verdict

The Sympathizer has no unpaid published reviews on SageChimp yet. That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

- **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`)
- **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`)
- **Unpaid reviews:** 0
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
- **Machine-readable:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-sympathizer/verdict.json

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**Themes:** War, Espionage