A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties.
It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong. The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.

通天人之际，达古今之变。一部二十四史，帝王将相读出来的，往往是尔虞我诈和经略权变，而在经济学家的眼中，却是很多当代经济理论的预演。
东西两汉煌煌四百余年，明君贤臣辈出，文治武功均可称道，可知其在货币理论上的大胆实践，也让人叹为观止？诸葛亮万世臣表，文武全才，可知在另一个战场：国家经济方面，也不遑多让？北魏孝文帝迁都的计划中，又潜藏着什么博弈论的道理？这些问题，都可以在本书中找到答案。
本书从经济学、金融学的角度来看历史，展现了一个同样惊心动魄而又别开生面的视角。