![]() ![]() ![]() With harrowing precision and unflinching bluntness, Jeong draws readers into the mind of her tormented main character, Yu-jin - a young man with a faulty memory and some very dark secrets. THE GOOD SON is the first of Jeong’s books to be made available to English-speaking audiences-and it’s a must-read, plain and simple. ![]() Imagine my excitement, then, when I discovered that South Korea’s foremost writer of psychological thrillers, You-jeong Jeong, was finally being translated into English. CBTB readers will know how much I love translated crime fiction, from Nordic Noir (Jo Nesbo, Lars Kepler, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Ragnar Jonasson… I could go on and on!) to French crime fiction (Pierre Lemaitre being my personal favorite) and many more. There’s nothing more exciting to me as a reader than exploring books from countries other than my own. The Verdict: an insidious dive into psychopathy ![]()
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