{"product_id":"committed-4","title":"Committed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Call \u003ci\u003eThe Committed\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003ci\u003e A Brief History of Seven Killings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe long-awaited new novel from one of America''s most highly regarded contemporary writers, \u003ci\u003eThe Committed\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth literary thriller and brilliant novel of ideas, \u003ci\u003eThe Committed\u003c\/i\u003e is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen''s position in the firmament of American letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''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 \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e, 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'' \u003ci\u003ethe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''If \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e was ostensibly a spy novel, then \u003ci\u003eThe Committed \u003c\/i\u003eis a gangland thriller . . . Two contemporary classics for your bedside table'' \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph, \u003c\/i\u003efive star review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315383607678,"sku":"NW9781472152503","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781472152503.jpg?v=1778715864","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/committed-4","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}