{"product_id":"the-boy-who-escaped-paradise-9781681776231","title":"The Boy Who Escaped Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unidentified body is discovered in New York City, with numbers and symbols are written in blood near the corpse. Gil-mo, a North Korean national who interprets the world through numbers, formulas, and mathematical theories, is arrested on the spot. Angela, a CIA operative, is assigned to gain his trust and access his unique persona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Boy Who Escaped Paradise, celebrated author J. M. Lee delves into a hidden world filled with vivid characters trapped by ideology, greed, and despair. Gil-mo's saga forces the reader to question the line between good and evil, truth and falsehood, and captivity and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLee, J. M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - J. M. LEE has sold hundreds of thousands of books in his native Korea. He is the author of The Investigation, also published by Pegasus Books.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim, Chi-Young:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - CHI-YOUNG KIM is the celebrated translator of the Man Asian Literary Prize-winning international bestseller Please Look After Mom.","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50428607627538,"sku":"9781681776231","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e14690df-6744-4a53-85b2-57e7a9c262e9.jpg?v=1729527327","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-boy-who-escaped-paradise-9781681776231","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}