num_pages: 256
description: In 1965 Saigon, French planters, American "democratizers," and the Vietnamese become caught up in the growing unrest in Southeast Asia, in a novel that follows political scientist Sydney Parade as he begins to discover the roots of the conflict that is tearing the country apart. 50,000 first printing.
language: English
title: A Dangerous Friend
titlecomplete: A Dangerous Friend
characters: Sydney Parade
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Historical Fiction, Asian Literature
ratings_count: 276
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: James Fenimore Cooper Prize
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt