"The arrival of You-jeong Jeong on the Korean literary scene in the 2000s shocked and ruptured the system. "A creepy, insidious, blood-drenched tale in which nothing is quite what it seems." - Kirkus Readers who enjoy grappling with the issue of a narrator's reliability will relish Yu-jin, who believes that 'being true to life wasn't the only way to tell a story.'" - Publishers Weekly A shocking and addictive psychological thriller, The Good Son explores the mysteries of mind and memory, and the twisted relationship between a mother and son, with incredible urgency. 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. But was she calling for help? Or begging for her life? All he has is a faint impression of his mother calling his name. 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. Yu-jin soon discovers her murdered body, lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs of their stylish Seoul duplex. Who can you trust if you can't trust yourself?Įarly 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.
Ripley meets The Bad Seed in this breathless, chilling psychological thriller by the #1 international bestselling novelist known as "Korea's Stephen King."
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