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SWF Livestream: Viet Thanh Nguyen, 'A Man of Two Faces'

Next date: Thursday, 23 May 2024 | 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM

Tragicomic memoir from Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer.

‘I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces’, begins Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel, The Sympathizer, the internationally acclaimed bestseller that was recently adapted into an HBO series starring Sandra Oh and Robert Downey Jr.

This duality is also at the heart of Viet’s highly original memoir, A Man of Two Faces, which details with sardonic wit and incisive analysis the double consciousness of a Vietnamese refugee growing up in North America.

In conversation with Benjamin Law.

SWF Live & Local @ Gerringong Library

This event is part of the Sydney Writers' Festival Live & Local program livestreaming direct from the Sydney Writers' Festival at Carriageworks to Gerringong Library from Thursday 23 May to Sunday 26 May.

Livestreamed sessions run over four days at Gerringong Library, and include Julia Baird, Celeste Ng, Trent Dalton, Leigh Sales, Larissa Behrendt, Richard Glover, Wendy Harmer, William McInnes, perennial festival favourites Barry Cassidy and friends, and more.

Book individual sessions or a full day ticket.

Morning and afternoon tea is available between sessions (where indicated on the program) for a gold-coin donation to the Friends of Kiama Library - stay for a chat!

Bookings are essential for this free event (if you are unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible so someone else can have your place).

Book online or call 02 4233 1133.