Investigation

SKU: 9780230768727
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Investigation

SKU: 9780230768727
Author: Jung-Myung Lee
C-Format·Ages 18+·Historical Fiction
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At a glance

🖤 Tone
Haunting, intellectual, emotionally powerful
⚡ Pace
Slow-burning, reflective
🕯️ Vibes
Japanese-occupied Korea, poetry and resistance, prison atmosphere, moral tension
✨ Themes
Freedom, art, oppression, justice, resilience
📖 Hook
During the brutal occupation of Korea, a mysterious murder investigation inside a prison reveals the power of poetry, resistance, and human dignity
💫 Perfect For
Fans of literary historical fiction blending mystery, politics, and emotional depth

Fukuoka Prison, 1944. Beyond the prison walls the war rages; inside a man is found brutally murdered.

Yuichi Watanabe, a young guard with a passion for reading, is ordered to investigate. The victim, Sugiyama - also a guard - was feared and despised throughout the prison and inquiries have barely begun when a powerful inmate confesses. But Watanabe is unconvinced; and as he interrogates both the suspect and Yun Dong-ju, a talented Korean poet, he begins to realize that the fearsome guard was not all he appeared to be . . .

As Watanabe unravels Sugiyama's final months, he begins to discover what is really going on inside this dark and violent institution, which few inmates survive: a man who will stop at nothing to dig his way to freedom; a governor whose greed knows no limits; a little girl whose kite finds her an unlikely friend. And Yun Dong-ju - the poet whose works hold such beauty they can break the hardest of hearts.
As the war moves towards its devastating close and bombs rain down upon the prison, Watanabe realizes that he must find a way to protect Yun Dong-ju, no matter what it takes. This decision will lead the young guard back to the investigation - where he will discover a devastating truth . . .


Book details

Format
C-Format
Reading age
18+
Pages
325
Publisher
Mantle
Published
21 April 2023
Language
English
ISBN
9780230768727

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