A Planet Called Wish: Book Four His attraction to men means Kalean is the black sheep of his wealthy and powerful familyβbut it wonβt get him out of attending his brotherβs pretentious wedding ceremony. Kalean doesnβt want to go, but if his parents insist, he has a stipulation: heβll be there with
The boy who escaped paradise: a novel
β Scribed by J. M. Lee
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
An astonishing story of the mysteries dividing truth and deception that follows the odyssey of Ahn GilΒmo, a young autistic math genius, as he escapes from the most isolated country in the world and searches for the only family he has left.
An unidentified body is discovered in New York City, with numbers and symbols are written in blood near the corpse. GilΒmo, a North Korean national who interprets the world through numbers, formulas, and mathematical theories, is arrested on the spot. Angela, CIA operative, is assigned to gain his trust and access his unique thought-process.
The enigmatic GilΒmo used to have a quite life back in Pyongyang. But when his father, a preeminent doctor is discovered to be a secret Christian, he is subsequently incarcerated along with Gilmo, in a political prison overseen by a harsh, cruel warden.
There, he meets the spirited Yeong-ae, who becomes his only friend. When Yeong-Βae manages to escape,...
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