The Plotters

Download or read book The Plotters written by Un-su Kim and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • A complex and darkly funny noir thriller that led to a six-way international bidding war in the US • Un-su Kim has been hailed as a rising star of Korean literature. The Plotters is his first novel to be translated into English • A fascinating moral tale about power and corruption in Korean society filled with betrayals, power struggles and effortlessly smooth assassinations • Reseng is a young assassin working for a powerful syndicate of professional killers. But when Reseng steps out of line on his latest job, the hunter becomes the hunted. Will he be next on the kill list? Or will three young women with a subversive plot of their own change the status quo? • In the vein of Roberto Bolaño and Haruki Murakami, The Plotters has all the hallmarks of a thriller paired with a highly original voice and a cast of unusual and notable characters • Much attention has recently turned towards the originality and style of Korean crime fiction, with books such as Han Kang’s The Vegetarian amassing significant literary recognition • Un-su Kim has won the Munhakdongne Novel Prize, Korea's most prestigious literary prize, and was nominated for the 2016 Grand Prix de la Littérature Policière