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Violence
A lot
Violence; brutal killings; torture
Language
Some
Strong language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult sexual content
Substance Use
A lot
Opium dealing and use central to the plot
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Themes of colonialism, identity, and the double consciousness of the colonized
What this book is about
The 2021 sequel to The Sympathizer follows the unnamed narrator in 1980s Paris, where he becomes involved in opium dealing and encounters French intellectual society, colonialism's European face. Dark, satirical, and violent. For adults.
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Violence
Drug dealing
Adult content
Strong language
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