아홉번째 파도

Cheokju, a coastal town on the East Sea, is ready to explode as its mayor, a former head of the cement company that once fed the town, pushes to bring in a nuclear power plant. Eighteen years ago a cement company executive died at the limestone quarry known as Pit 35; the death was ruled a suicide despite many doubts, and his wife and daughter left town. Now the daughter, Song In-hwa, returns as a worker at the public health centre. Soon after, an old man, once the prime suspect in her father's death, dies after drinking makgeolli laced with poison, and the police come to her. That same day two women in black coats knock on her door, followers of a religious sect that vanished twenty years ago and has quietly returned.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

371 pages in the original

Genres

Crime, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

South Korea

First published

2017 by Munhakdongne

Author's age

39 when first published

ISBN

9788954648714 (original)