The Orphan Master's Son

Resumen del libro

At a tender age, Pak Jun Do, is plucked from his orphanage of Long Tomorrows to be trained as a tunnel assassin, kidnapper and spy. Subjected to the random rules and arbitrary violence of his Korean overlords, Jun Do's life is filled with absurd eventualities - wrestling with sharks, engaging with torturers, and finally, becoming the imposter of the Beloved Leader himself, Kim Jong Il. How far can Jun Do go before he, too, is sent to the paradise beach of eternal retirement?

Biografía del autor

Adam Johnson, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 for The Orphan Master's Son, and the National Book Award for Fiction 2015 for his collection of stories "Fortune Smiles"had an ideal upbringing for a writer. His father was a night watchman at the Phoenix Zoo and he would bring young Adam along on his evening rounds.<br><br> My father showed me there was a zoo that average people saw, but at night, with all the keys in hand, he would lift the veil and show me the real zoo, he said. Animals had certain behaviors in their exhibits, I learned, but at night, in their private enclosures, they displayed their true personalities. The zoo taught me there was always a hidden, purer world, and this is the only part of life I'm interested in depicting in my work.