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Magnolia

A Novel

Agnita Tennant author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Global Books

Published:1st Jul '15

Should be back in stock very soon

Magnolia cover

South Korea 1957. Sukey, an intelligent graduate with much promise, falls in love with a man, Kwon, who confesses to her that he has been a North Korean spy. It is four years since the Korean War ended in a cease-fire (having started on 25 June 1950). Even though fighting is suspended, hostility and enmity towards the North is the social norm. With anti-spy campaigns, street and hotel searches, and arrests of any suspect, citizens are urged to be vigilant and to report on any suspicious goings-on. When Sukey takes on Kwon as her lover, she has little idea of what it will be like to keep an ex-spy hidden away from society, her family and friends. Her world changes overnight, and within a few months she is reduced to a nervous wreck…

ISBN: 9781898823186

Dimensions: 224mm x 146mm x 35mm

Weight: 600g

358 pages

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