André Dao's brilliant debut novel explores his grandfather's ten-year detention without trial by the Vietnamese government
- Written by Tess Do, Lecturer in French Studies, The University of Melbourne

André Dao’s remarkable debut novel began as an investigation into his paternal grandfather’s ten-year detention without trial by the Vietnamese government, from 1978, three years after the war ended.
It turned into a full quest for the truth of his family history, which spans the two Vietnam Wars: the first, with occupying...




