Kill BillStar of the Northâ
meets Murakamiâ D. B. John, author of
âA work of literary geniusâKaren Dionne, internationally bestselling author of Home
âI loved it!âM. W. Craven, author of The Puppet Show
âYouâll be laughing out loud every five minutesâYou-jeong Jeong, author of The Good Son
âA mash-up of Tarantino and Camus set in contemporary SeoulâLouisa Luna, author of Two Girls Down
âAn incredible cast of charactersâLe monde
âSmart but lightning fastâBrian Evenson, author of Last Days
Plotters are just pawns like us. A request comes in and they draw up the plans. Thereâs someone above them who tells them what to do. And above that person is another plotter telling them what to do. You think that if you go up there with a knife and stab the person at the very top, thatâll fix everything. But no-oneâs there. Itâs just an empty chair.
Reseng was raised by cantankerous Old Raccoon in the Library of Dogs. To anyone asking, itâs just an ordinary library. To anyone in the know, itâs a hub for Seoulâs organised crime, and a place where contract killings are plotted and planned. So itâs no surprise that Reseng has grown up to become one of the best hitmen in Seoul. He takes orders from the plotters, carries out his grim duties, and comforts himself afterwards with copious quantities of beer and his two cats, Desk and Lampshade.
But after he takes pity on a target and lets her die how she chooses, he finds his every move is being watched. Is he finally about to fall victim to his own game? And why does that new female librarian at the library act so strangely? Is he looking for his enemies in all the wrong places? Could he be at the centre of a plot bigger than anything heâs ever known?
A thriller like youâve never read one before, from the hottest new voice in Korean fiction