First novel in English by one of South Korea's most award-winning, interesting, and handsome authors Widely read author in France and Germany, where he is considered an heir to Kafka & Beckett Author is an alum of the University of Iowa's influential and important International Writing Program (2005) Author has presented his work throughout the US in the past, including most recently on the West Coast in 2014 Korean Embassy and the Literature Translation Institute of Korea will sponsor a full US author tour It bears repeating, this author is very tall (6'6") and very handsome