{"product_id":"the-good-son-9780143131953","title":"The Good Son","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Ingeniously twisted.\" --\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Must List\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Will leave even the most seasoned crime fiction readers guessing.\" --\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Jeong] maintains suspense about her inhuman-seeming protagonist's fate until the bitter end.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Summer Reads\" Book Club \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Talented Mr. Ripley\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Seed\u003c\/i\u003e in this breathless, chilling psychological thriller by the #1 bestselling novelist known as \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eKorea's Stephen King\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho can you trust if you can't trust yourself?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly one morning, twenty-six-year-old Yu-jin wakes up to a strange metallic smell, and a phone call from his brother asking if everything's all right at home - he missed a call from their mother in the middle of the night. Yu-jin soon discovers her murdered body, lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs of their stylish Seoul duplex. He can't remember much about the night before; having suffered from seizures for most of his life, Yu-jin often has trouble with his memory. All he has is a faint impression of his mother calling his name. But was she calling for help? Or begging for her life? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thus begins Yu-jin's frantic three-day search to uncover what happened that night, and to finally learn the truth about himself and his family. A shocking and addictive psychological thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Son\u003c\/i\u003e explores the mysteries of mind and memory, and the twisted relationship between a mother and son, with incredible urgency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Must-Read Book of the Summer by \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBrit + Co\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSouth Korea's leading writer of psychological thrillers and crime fiction, \u003cb\u003eYou-Jeong Jeong\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of four novels including \u003ci\u003eSeven Years of Darkness, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was named one of the top ten crime novels of 2015 by\u003ci\u003e Die Zeit \u003c\/i\u003e(Germany). Her work has been translated into seven languages. A #1 bestseller in Korea, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Son\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of her books to appear in English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eChi-Young Kim\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning translator of the Man Asian Literary Prize-winning and bestselling novel \u003ci\u003ePlease Look After Mom\u003c\/i\u003e by Kyung-Sook Shin, \u003ci\u003eThe Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down\u003c\/i\u003e by Haemin Sunim, and works of fiction by Sun-Mi Hwang, J.M. Lee, and Young-Ha Kim, among others. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409755869458,"sku":"9780143131953","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_805c26c4-d4ac-4f1a-bd3d-9c9f82303b20.jpg?v=1729293611","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-good-son-9780143131953","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}