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'I was enticed from the first line' OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, author of My Sister, the Serial Killer

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

'An outstanding debut' NEW YORK TIMES

This feminist howl-of-a-debut is going to crawl right under your skin...

Shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Awards / New York Times Best Horror of 2024 / TIME Top 100 Book of 2024 / Google Play Top Read of 2024 / Spotify Breakout Author of 2024 / Kobo Best Audiobook of 2024

Ji-won's life is in disarray. Her father's affair has ripped the family to shreds, leaving her to piece their crappy lives back together.

Then her mother's new and obnoxious white boyfriend enters the scene, bragging about his knowledge of Korean culture and ogling Asian waitresses. As he gawks at her teenage sister around their claustrophobic apartment, Ji won's grip on reality begins to slip. She finds herself growing obsessed with the white boyfriend's brilliant blue eyeballs, resolving to do the one thing that will save her family - and curb her cravings...

'Violent, gruesome and wildly original' NEW YORK TIMES
'Darkly funny' FERN BRADY

'Utterly fantastic, female revenge horror at its finest' WATERSTONES

'Smartly written... A promising calling card from a writer to watch' THE BIG ISSUE

'A dark modern fairytale of female vengeance' HARRIET WALKER

 

Paperback, 288 pages
Publication: 3 Jul 2025, Octopus 
ISBN: 9781914240874

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      'I was enticed from the first line' OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, author of My Sister, the Serial Killer

      SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

      'An outstanding debut' NEW YORK TIMES

      This feminist howl-of-a-debut is going to crawl right under your skin...

      Shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Awards / New York Times Best Horror of 2024 / TIME Top 100 Book of 2024 / Google Play Top Read of 2024 / Spotify Breakout Author of 2024 / Kobo Best Audiobook of 2024

      Ji-won's life is in disarray. Her father's affair has ripped the family to shreds, leaving her to piece their crappy lives back together.

      Then her mother's new and obnoxious white boyfriend enters the scene, bragging about his knowledge of Korean culture and ogling Asian waitresses. As he gawks at her teenage sister around their claustrophobic apartment, Ji won's grip on reality begins to slip. She finds herself growing obsessed with the white boyfriend's brilliant blue eyeballs, resolving to do the one thing that will save her family - and curb her cravings...

      'Violent, gruesome and wildly original' NEW YORK TIMES
      'Darkly funny' FERN BRADY

      'Utterly fantastic, female revenge horror at its finest' WATERSTONES

      'Smartly written... A promising calling card from a writer to watch' THE BIG ISSUE

      'A dark modern fairytale of female vengeance' HARRIET WALKER

       

      Paperback, 288 pages
      Publication: 3 Jul 2025, Octopus 
      ISBN: 9781914240874

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