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The Committed (Paperback)
Viet Thanh Nguyen; Read by Francois Chau
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R286
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Discovery Miles 2 600
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'A voice that shakes the walls of the old literary comfort zone'
New Yorker 'Goes toe to toe with the original then surpasses it. A
masterwork' Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of a Brief
History of Seven Killings 'Fierce and unrelentingly good. Hilarious
and subversive' Tommy Orange, New York Times bestselling author of
There There ------------------------------------ It's the early
1980s and the Sympathizer arrives in Paris. As a refugee, he and
his blood brother Bon try to escape their turbulent pasts by
turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug
dealing. No longer in physical danger, the Sympathizer is both
charmed and disturbed by Paris. Falling in with left-wing
intellectuals and politicians at dinner parties held by his French
Vietnamese "aunt", he finds customers for his merchandise as well
as stimulation for his mind. But this new life he's living has
unforeseen dangers of oppression, addiction and the seemingly
unresolvable paradox of reuniting his two closest friends, men
whose world views stand them poles apart. The highly suspenseful
sequel to The Sympathizer, both literary thriller and brilliant
novel of ideas, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of
commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen's
position in the firmament of American letters.
Live action sequel following the anthropomorphic ninjutsu-trained
turtles Leonardo (voice of Brian Tochi), Michaelangelo (Robbie
Rist), Donatello (Adam Carl) and Raphael (Laurie Faso). Professor
Perry (David Warner), the man who invented the ooze that created
the Ninja Turtles, is kidnapped by the evil Shredder (Francois
Chau) who wants to control the ooze to use on his own sidekicks and
turn them into evil ninjas. So once again, it's up to the Turtles -
who have also enlisted the help of kick-boxing pizza-delivery boy
Keno (Ernie Reyes)...
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The Committed (Hardcover)
Viet Thanh Nguyen; Read by Francois Chau
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R557
R505
Discovery Miles 5 050
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'Call The Committed many things. A white hot literary thriller
disguised as a searing novel of ideas. An unflinching look at
redemption and damnation. An unblinking examination of the dangers
of belief, and the need to believe. A sequel that goes toe to toe
with the original then surpasses it. A masterwork' Marlon James,
Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly
regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the
Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his
blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and prepare for their
futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest
forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, but still
inwardly tortured by his reeducation at the hands of his former
best friend, and struggling to assimilate into a dominant culture,
the Sympathizer is both charmed and disturbed by Paris. As he falls
in with a group of left-wing intellectuals and politicians who
frequent dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese "aunt," he
finds not just stimulation for his mind but also customers for his
merchandise - but the new life he is making has dangers he has not
foreseen, from the oppression of the state, to the self-torture of
addiction, to the seemingly unresolvable paradox of how he can
reunite his two closest friends, men whose worldviews put them in
absolute opposition. Both literary thriller and brilliant novel of
ideas, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and
betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen's position in the
firmament of American letters. 'Here it is, with perfect timing, a
novel that anyone who is part of a colonising or colonised nation -
and that includes, of course, America - should read . . . Nguyen is
a craftsman . . . And then there's the sharp humour . . . Like The
Sympathizer, it amounts to much more than the sum of its parts.
These two novels constitute a powerful challenge to an enduring
narrative of colonialism and neo-colonialism. One waits to see what
Nguyen, and the man of two faces, will do next' the Guardian 'If
The Sympathizer was ostensibly a spy novel, then The Committed is a
gangland thriller . . . Two contemporary classics for your bedside
table' The Telegraph, five star review
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