The Good Son: A Novel

You-Jeong Jeong

The Good Son: A Novel
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Country
United States
Published
5 June 2018
Pages
320
ISBN
9780143131953

The Good Son: A Novel

You-Jeong Jeong

Ingeniously twisted. -Entertainment Weekly, Must List

Will leave even the most seasoned crime fiction readers guessing. -CrimeReads

[Jeong] maintains suspense about her inhuman-seeming protagonist’s fate until the bitter end. -The Wall Street Journal

Finalist for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’s Summer Reads Book Club

The Talented Mr. Ripley meets The Bad Seed in this breathless, chilling psychological thriller by the #1 bestselling novelist known as Korea’s Stephen King

Who can you trust if you can’t trust yourself?

Early 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?

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, The Good Son explores the mysteries of mind and memory, and the twisted relationship between a mother and son, with incredible urgency.

Named a Must-Read Book of the Summer by Elle, Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, Bustle, CrimeReads, Lit Hub, The Millions, Electric Literature, and Brit + Co

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