Stephanie Mahoney | Designer
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The Sympathizer

Book Jacket Design

Using the synopsis provided, design a book jacket that best conveys the meaning and metaphor of the text. This book will be a contemporary work of fiction.

The Sympathizer by ​Viet Thanh Nguyen

It is April 1975, and Saigon is in Chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong.