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Old 04-19-2016, 02:54 PM   #3
Dr. Drib
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The Fiction prize for Best Novel, "The Sympathizer," by Viet Thanh Nguyen is only $5.24 from Amazon.

That's a great bargain, by the way.

Look at this [quoted from Amazon]:

A National Bestseller
Winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
Winner of the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Winner of the 2015-2016 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Adult Fiction)
Finalist for the 2016 PEN/Faulkner Award
Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction
Finalist for the 2016 Edgar Award for Best First Novel
Finalist for the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Mystery/Thriller)
Finalist for the 2016 ABA Indies Choice/E.B. White Read-Aloud Award (Book of the Year, Adult Fiction)
Finalist for the 2016 California Book Award for First Fiction
One of the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2015
A Best Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Seattle Times, Kansas City Star, Orlando Weekly, Daily Beast, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Guardian, National Post, MPR News, Amazon, Slate, Flavorwire, Entropy, Quartz, and Globe and Mail



I'm going to buy it right now, although I'll have to put aside my reading of "Zombie Toenails on the Loose."

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