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‘Dark Academia the way I like it. . . Smart, and full of suspense, it will keep you guessing until the end’ Hanna Bervoets, author We Had to Remove This Post

‘Sharp societal commentary and amazing, complex female characters’ Simon Campos, author of Nothing Can Hurt You Now

‘A confronting and timely book about consent’ Independent

Who is Jina?

The stupid woman who ruined a young man’s career?

The weird loner whose university boyfriend thinks that she has a victim complex?

The naive country girl who ignored a friend’s cry for help?

To understand who she really is, Jina must return to Anjin University, and to the toxic culture that destroyed the lives of many female students – including Ha Yuri, who died in mysterious circumstances not long before she left. Somewhere within Jina’s memories lies the truth about what happened to them both all those years ago…

Publisher Review

‘A confronting and timely book about consent, toxic masculinity, sexual assault and how women are treated in South Korea by one of the country’s most prominent feminist writers… a powerful look at sexism and assault in university campuses and beyond’ – Independent

‘A mesmerising debut. Dark, twisted and bracingly empathetic about the gap between who we are and how we appear to others’ – Diana Reid, author of Love and Virtue

‘A novel so immaculately-crafted, shocking, and moving, it’s hard to believe it’s the author’s first’ – Sang Young Park, author of the International Booker-longlisted Love in the Big City

‘Dark Academia the way I like it: one of those novels where you’re never sure who you should be rooting for, or if you should be rooting for anyone at all. Smart, and full of suspense, it will keep you guessing until the end.’ – Hanna Bervoets, author of We Had to Remove This Post

‘Sharp societal commentary and amazing, complex female characters. An unusual, unpredictable thriller’ – Simone Campos, author of Nothing Can Hurt You Now