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America, land of supermarkets and superhighways, of supersonic jets and Superman, of supercarriers and the Super Bowl! America, a country not content simply to give itself a name on its bloody birth, but one that insisted for the first time in history on a mysterious acronym, USA, a trifecta a letters outdone later only by the quartet of the USSR. Although every country though itself superior on its own way, was there ever a country that coined so many "super" terms from the federal bank of its narcissism, was not only superconfident but also truly superpoweful, that would not be satisfied until it locked every nation of the world into a full nelson and made it cry Uncle Sam?
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"The Sympathizer", Viet Thanh Nguyen
PS:
The Sympathizer[1] is a first novel by Vietnamese American professor Viet Thanh Nguyen.[2] It is a best-selling novel,[3] has been widely reviewed,[4][5][6][7][8] and was named a New York Times Editor's Choice.[9] It has been reviewed twice in The New York Times.[10][11] It was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[12]
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sympathizer
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