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'Stunning ... Lee is a master at storytelling' Lyn Liao Butler author of Red Thread of Fate At the Golden Sunset retirement home it is not unusual for residents to invent stories. So when elderly Ms Mook first begins to unspool her memories the obituarist listening to her is sceptical. Stories of captivity friendship murder adventure assumed identities and spying. Stories that take place in WWII Indonesia in Busan during the Korean war in cold-war Pyongyang in China. The stories are so colourful and various at times so unbelievable that they cannot surely all belong to the same woman. Can they? As playful and thought-provoking as it is compelling as brutal and harrowing as it is achingly poignant and tender this is a novel about love and war deceit and betrayal about identity storytelling and the trickery required for survival. 'A dazzling visceral read. Intricately woven and playful the prose has a brutal beating energy. At its heart is the fascinating Ms Mook and the kaleidoscope of her life is a captivating history of Korea a country torn apart' Catherine Cho author of Inferno 'An unforgettable character and a bold inventive narrative that takes us through history. Astonishing compassionate and ambitious' Krys Lee How I Became a North Korean 'Unflinching and tender philosophical and mischievous this playful novel conveys a sense of Korea's turbulent twentieth century through a charming compelling protagonist who is not always a reliable narrator but who tells the truths that matter' Melissa Fu author of Peach Blossom Spring _____________ Mirinae Lee was born and raised in South Korea and now lives in Hong Kong. Her first work of fiction appeared in the Antioch Review and was listed as Notable Nonrequired Reading of 2018 in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019. Her second short story won the 2018 Editors' Prize in Fiction and appeared in Meridian. 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster is her debut novel.

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