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Highlights
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN meets THE VEGETARIAN in this chilly and chilling epistolary novel of four characters locked in a frightening cycle of vengeance and comeuppance.
- About the Author: Sulmi Bak, born in 1984, majored in journalism and chose to become a novelist while preparing for examination for a top gaming company in Korea.
- 160 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Horror
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Book Synopsis
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN meets THE VEGETARIAN in this chilly and chilling epistolary novel of four characters locked in a frightening cycle of vengeance and comeuppance. Mira is a desperate young woman, hired by a wealthy single mother to tutor her lonesome son, Yuchan. But Mira is not who she presents herself to be; she is haunted by the death of her own family and motivated by the dark pulse of vengeance. Yuchan was cruel to Mira's mother. A kind of cruelty she can't ever forgive. And then there is Jiwon, the boy's mother, a bad mother, Mira thinks--or so Jiwon tells herself she must not be. But as Mira spends more time in the family's sprawling home, she begins to suspect Yuchan is not the culprit she's after. Someone else in the family has been pulling the strings. Someone with a deviant plan she can't begin to imagine. Structured around four different letters and journal entries: Mira's, Jiwon's reply, Yuchan's younger brother's diary entry and, finally, Mira's own written recollection. Each new section brings us deeper into a web of cruelty, consequence, and closer to the truth.About the Author
Sulmi Bak, born in 1984, majored in journalism and chose to become a novelist while preparing for examination for a top gaming company in Korea. Petty Lies is her debut novel, followed by two other stand-alone novels, The Silence of the Swan and Dalwhinnie Hotel.Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.75 Inches (W) x .65 Inches (D)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Horror
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 160
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Format: Hardcover
Author: Sulmi Bak
Language: English
Street Date: November 11, 2025
TCIN: 1002840085
UPC: 9780316594486
Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-7100
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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