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J.M. Lee

Biography

J.M. Lee

J. M. Lee has sold hundreds of thousands of books in his native Korea. One, DEEP ROOTED TREE, was made into a popular TV series.

J.M. Lee

Books by J.M. Lee

written by J.M. Lee, translated by Chi-Young Kim - Fiction

An unidentified body is discovered in New York City, with numbers and symbols written in blood near the corpse. Gilmo, a North Korean national who interprets the world through numbers, formulas and mathematical theories, is arrested on the spot. He used to have a quiet life back in Pyongyang. But when his father, a preeminent doctor, is discovered to be a secret Christian, he is subsequently incarcerated in a political prison overseen by a harsh, cruel warden. There, Gilmo meets the spirited Yeong-ae, who becomes his only friend. When Yeong-ae manages to escape, Gilmo flees to track her down. He uses his peculiar gifts to navigate betrayal and the criminal underworld of east Asia --- a world wholly alien to everything he's ever known.