{"product_id":"lemon","title":"Lemon","description":"'I couldn't put it down' \u003cb\u003eFrances Cha\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Chilling and deeply moving' \u003cb\u003eAn Yu\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Brings an eerie beauty to crime fiction' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParasite\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Good Son\u003c\/i\u003e in this piercing psychological portrait of three women haunted by a brutal, unsolved crime.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 2002, nineteen-year-old Kim Hae-on was murdered in what became known as the High School Beauty Murder. There were two suspects: Shin Jeongjun, who had a rock-solid alibi, and Han Manu, to whom no evidence could be pinned. The case went cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen years pass without justice, and the grief and uncertainty take a cruel toll on her younger sister, Da-on, in particular. Unable to move on with her life, Da-on tries in her own twisted way to recover some of what she's lost, ultimately setting out to find the truth of what happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShifting between the perspectives of Da-on and two of Hae-on's classmates struck in different ways by her otherworldly beauty, \u003ci\u003eLemon\u003c\/i\u003e ostensibly takes the shape of a crime novel. But identifying the perpetrator is not the main objective here: Kwon Yeo-sun uses this well-worn form to craft a searing, timely exploration of privilege, jealousy, trauma, and how we live with the wrongs we have endured and inflicted in turn.\u003cbr\u003e___________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Discovering whodunnit isn't really the point here; \u003ci\u003eLemon\u003c\/i\u003e is a subtle, often intense meditation on the after-effects of violence' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Chilling, suspenseful and disconcerting ... I couldn't put it down and read deep into the night until I finished it, with my heart hammering' \u003cb\u003eFrances Cha, author of \u003ci\u003eIf I Had Your Face\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eLemon\u003c\/i\u003e is a chilling yet deeply moving story about grief, trauma, life, death, and the shattered pieces left behind by those who are gone. The humanity of Kwon's characters will break your heart on every page' \u003cb\u003eAn Yu, author of \u003ci\u003eBraised Pork\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A haunting literary crime story ... Razor-sharp observations of class, gender and privilege in contemporary Korea' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Jolts with its brilliance and tartness. It's simply electric' \u003cb\u003eKyung-sook Shin, author of \u003ci\u003ePlease Look After Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A confounding masterpiece ... One of the most profound page-turners you will ever encounter' \u003cb\u003eMatthew Salesses, author of \u003ci\u003eCraft in the Real World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Charming, beguiling, and unique ... \u003ci\u003eLemon\u003c\/i\u003e, like a great painting, makes you see the world differently' \u003cb\u003ePatrick Hoffman, author of \u003ci\u003eClean Hands\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEvery Man a Menace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This fascinating, psychologically astute vignette about grief, blame and searching for the truth delivers piercing emotional depth in unique and elegant style' \u003cb\u003eLoveReading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A sharp, explosive novel that challenges the reader to consider the impact of beauty standards in our culture on young people, and compels us to examine our notion of what justice can be when we are faced with the unthinkable. Highly recommended' \u003cb\u003eHan Clark, Lunate.co.uk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eLemon\u003c\/i\u003e is a strange, haunting book, an elegant hybrid of crime novel and psychological thriller, the story of an overlooked sister obsessively picking over the tantalising facts of her sister's unsolved murder' \u003cb\u003ePatrick Gale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Head Of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41350373245106,"sku":"9781800241473","price":264.99,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/358958_619f6cf2329130.57880704_9781800241473.jpg?v=1640833271","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/lemon","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}