![]() ![]() ![]() Like the narrator, Man is a Communist and North Vietnamese revolutionary despite the intimacy among these three men, Bon does not know that the narrator and Man are Communists. Man, the second of the narrator’s childhood best friends, remains in Vietnam as Saigon falls, where he will help usher in the new Communist regime. Bon, one of the narrator’s two childhood best friends, also makes it to Los Angeles, but tragically, Bon’s wife and toddler are killed in the chaos during the evacuation. ![]() While technically the battle in Vietnam has ended, the larger war to rid Vietnam of Communism rages on.Īfter a narrow escape from Saigon, the narrator relocates to Los Angeles, along with the General and his family. The narrator begins his story with the fall of Saigon, where he is the aide-de-camp to a high-ranking General in the Special Branch, the central intelligence organization of the anti-Communist South Vietnamese Army. Quickly, we learn that the narrator is not all he appears to be: as one of the most trusted members of the General’s inner circle, the narrator is actually a Communist spy sent to observe all activity of the Special Branch in America. ![]()
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