A Man of

Two Faces

is the first personal memoir from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and public

intellectual. Although Nguyen has written personal essays before for major

publications, this is the first time he is diving into much of his family’s

story in a sustained, public-facing way, from their arrival in the United

States in 1975 as refugees from Vietnam, up through Nguyen’s experiences as a

father and as a son of aging parents. A Man of

Two Facesincludes 14 family photos with family photos and plays with text and

language in surprising and inventive ways. Nguyen’s models for the book include

DMZ Colony by Don Mee Choi, Citizen by Claudia Rankine, and The

Argonauts by Maggie Nelson. We expect major

review coverage in print, radio, and TV, including feature/profile interest. In

addition, we will plan select high-profile events. The

Sympathizer

is currently in development for television by A24, and the series will debut on

HBO. Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden) is signed up as the

showrunner and director, and Nguyen is an executive producer. Robert Downey Jr.

is producing and starring alongsideHoa Xuande,Sandra Oh, and many others. The

Sympathizer has now sold over one million copies worldwide and won the

Pulitzer Prize, as well as six other major awards. It was also named to more than forty

best books of the year lists. Nguyen has already

been highly acclaimed for his nonfiction work. Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam

and the Memory of War was a finalist for both the National Book Award in

Nonfiction and the National Book Critic Circle Award. For the first time, in A

Man of Two Faces, he turns his powerful lens of critique inwards to his own

self and his family. Nguyen’s most

recent novel, The Committed, was a New York Times bestseller and

named a best book of the year by NPR, Time, Washington Post, Minneapolis

Star Tribune, Slate, and others. Nguyen is one of

the most prominent and respected contemporary writers in the United States. His

profile is higher now than ever before, with over 24,000 followers on

Instagram, and his major public profile will ensure huge attention for this

book. Nguyen has been

the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations and

currently serves as university professor and Aerol Arnold Chair of English and

American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. His

work has been translated into twenty-eight languages.