{"product_id":"0812982622-the_orphan_masters_son_a_novel","title":"The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel","description":"\n\n\u003cp class=\"null1\"\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • LONGLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’S ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Wall Street Journal • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Financial Times • Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\/The Daily Beast \u003ci\u003e• The Plain Dealer • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel •\u003c\/i\u003e Slate • Salon • \u003ci\u003eBookPage •\u003c\/i\u003e Shelf Awareness\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003e“The single best work of fiction published in 2012 . . . The book’s cunning, flair and pathos are testaments to the still-formidable power of the written word.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother—a singer “stolen” to Pyongyang—and an influential father who runs a work camp for orphans. Superiors in the state soon recognize the boy’s loyalty and keen instincts. Considering himself “a humble citizen of the greatest nation in the world,” Jun Do rises in the ranks. He becomes a professional kidnapper who must navigate the shifting rules, arbitrary violence, and baffling demands of his Korean overlords in order to stay alive. Driven to the absolute limit of what any human being could endure, he boldly takes on the treacherous role of rival to Kim Jong Il in an attempt to save the woman he loves, Sun Moon, a legendary actress “so pure, she didn’t know what starving people looked like.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this epic, critically acclaimed tour de force, Adam Johnson provides a riveting portrait of a world rife with hunger, corruption, and casual cruelty but also camaraderie, stolen moments of beauty, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Orphan Master’s Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n“A daring and remarkable novel.”—Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gripping . . . Deftly blending adventure, surreal comedy and \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e-style romance, the novel takes readers on a jolting ride through an Orwellian landscape of dubious identity and dangerous doublespeak.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n“This is a novel worth getting excited about. . . . Adam Johnson has taken the papier-mâché creation that is North Korea and turned it into a real and riveting place that readers will find unforgettable.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n“[A] brilliant and timely novel.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n“Remarkable and heartbreaking . . . To [the] very short list of exceptional novels that also serve a humanitarian purpose \u003ci\u003eThe Orphan Master’s Son\u003c\/i\u003e must now be added.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n“A triumph of imagination . . . [Grade:] A.”—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n“A spellbinding saga of subverted identity and an irrepressible love.”—\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLook for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMystery, Thriller \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThrillers \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrime\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eKidnapping\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Used - Acceptable","offer_id":48711833878718,"sku":"0812982622-5","price":14.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81UcsffuDWL.jpg?v=1786649229","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0812982622-the_orphan_masters_son_a_novel","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}