The Eyes Are The Best Part: The Sunday Times bestselling ‘good for her’ novel
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‘I was enticed from the first line’ OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, author of My Sister, the Serial KillerSOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE’An outstanding debut’ NEW YORK TIMESThis feminist howl-of-a-debut is going to crawl right under your skin…Shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice AwardsNew York Times Best Horror of 2024TIME Top 100 Book of 2024Google Play Top Read of 2024Spotify Breakout Author of 2024Kobo Best Audiobook of 2024Ji-won’s life is in disarray. Her father’s affair has ripped the family to shreds, leaving her to piece their crappy lives back together.Then her mother’s new and obnoxious white boyfriend enters the scene, bragging about his knowledge of Korean culture and ogling Asian waitresses. As he gawks at her teenage sister around their claustrophobic apartment, Ji won’s grip on reality begins to slip.She finds herself growing obsessed with the white boyfriend’s brilliant blue eyeballs, resolving to do the one thing that will save her family – and curb her cravings…’Violent, gruesome and wildly original’ NEW YORK TIMES’Darkly funny’ FERN BRADY’Utterly fantastic, female revenge horror at its finest’ WATERSTONES’Smartly written… A promising calling card from a writer to watch’ THE BIG ISSUE’A dark modern fairytale of female vengeance’ HARRIET WALKER
Additional information
Dimensions | 12.6 × 19.8 cm |
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Format | Paperback |
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Pages | 288 |
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Year Published | 2025-7-3 |
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Edition Number | 1970-1-1 |
Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
ISBN 10 | 1914240871 |
About The Author | Monika Kim is a second-generation Korean-American living in Los Angeles's Koreatown. She learned about eating fish eyes and other Korean superstitions from her mother, who immigrated to Los Angeles from Seoul in 1985. |
Review Quote | Utterly fantastic, female revenge horror at its finest. Perfect for readers of Tender is the Flesh |
Other text | Boy Parts meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective. |