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 https://amzn.to/3uepwcv Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by Laszlo Kraznahorkai https://amzn.to/3FOjD8L Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park https://amzn.to/49vJZdh All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy https://amzn.to/47nVK3l Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon https://amzn.to/47ay432 War Trash by Ha Jin https://amzn.to/40BOWgA Libra by Don Delillo https://amzn.to/40xriS4 The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric LaRocca https://amzn.to/3MEMdNt Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace https://amzn.to/49sibX2 The Bridge at No Gun Ri https://amzn.to/468MHCt The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck https://amzn.to/462rb29 Monument Maker by David Keenan https://amzn.to/3ssYSfF Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger https://amzn.to/3FPgtkT Schopenhaur's Telescope by Gerard Donovan https://amzn.to/40yBPga