The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0812992792
- ISBN-13
- 9780812992793
- Series
- The Orphan Master's Son
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 443
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Random House Incorporated
- Author
- Adam Johnson
Description
The son of a singer mother whose career forcibly separated her from her family and an influential father who runs an orphan work camp, Pak Jun Do rises to prominence using instinctive talents and eventually becomes a professional kidnapper and romantic rival to Kim Jong Il. By the author of Parasites Like Us.
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