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Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories

✍ Scribed by Young-ha Kim


Publisher
HMH Books;Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Year
2019
Tongue
English
Weight
238 KB
Edition
First Mariner Books edition
Category
Fiction

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✦ Synopsis


"Filled with the kind of sublime, galvanizing stories that strike like a lightning bolt, searing your nerves . . . It's easy enough to see why Kim . . . is acclaimed as the best writer of his generation; pick up this book and find out for yourself." β€” Nylon

It's been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six?

Diary of a Murderer captivates and provokes in equal measure, exploring what it means to be on the edgeβ€”between life and death, good and evil. In the titular novella, a former serial killer suffering from memory loss sets his sights on one final target: his daughter's boyfriend, who he suspects is also a serial killer. In other stories we witness an affair between two childhood friends that questions the limits of loyalty and love; a family's disintegration after a baby son is kidnapped and recovered years later; and a wild, erotic ride about pursuing creativity at the expense...


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