{"product_id":"the-committed","title":"The Committed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viet Thanh Nguyen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139971858601,"sku":"9781472152510","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781472152510.jpg?v=1780463874","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-committed","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}