LIVE from NYPL: Kevin Nguyen: Mỹ Documents

In his second novel, Mỹ Documents, Kevin Nguyen follows four Vietnamese cousins whose lives are upended after a terrorist attack incites a government crackdown that targets their community through mass internment of Vietnamese-American citizens. Nguyen relies on the history of Japanese internment, the Vietnam War, and more recent immigrant detention to imagine a not-entirely-implausible near American future. As the cousins confront isolation, ambition, and the fight to survive, their intertwined journeys offer a powerful meditation on racism, family, and resilience.

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