Book reviews

By Anna Kim (Granta)

This spy/ historical/political novel explores the separation of the Korean peninsula and the beginnings of North Korea.

In 1959 and divided from his family by the Korean Civil War, Yunho Kang arrives in South Korea’s capital to search for his oldest friend. He finds him in the arms of a dancer who may be a refugee fleeing the communist North. She might also be an American spy. Nothing in Seoul is what it seems. Anna Kim was born in Daejeon, South Korea. Her previous books include

Frozen Time (2010) and Anatomy of a Night (2012).