The Committed
First edition cover | |
| Author | Viet Thanh Nguyen |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Francois Chau |
| Cover artist | Christopher Moisan |
| Language | English |
| Genre | |
| Set in | Paris in the 1980s |
| Publisher | Grove Press |
Publication date | March 2, 2021 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback), e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8021-5706-5 (hardcover) |
| OCLC | 1224586967 |
| 813/.6 | |
| LC Class | PS3614.G97 C66 2021 |
| Preceded by | The Sympathizer |
The Committed is a 2021 historical crime thriller novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, published by Grove Press on March 2, 2021. It is his second novel and the sequel to his debut novel The Sympathizer (2015). The story is set in the early 1980s and depicts the anonymous narrator, a former North Vietnamese mole who leaves Vietnam by boat and arrives in Paris. Traumatized by his reeducation, the narrator engages in drug dealing to survive and becomes entangled with the local organized crime syndicates.