A Good Son, or The Origin of Species

Han Yu-jin, a law student, talented athlete, and obedient son, wakes up in his room to a characteristic metallic smell. His clothes and bed are soaked in blood. In the kitchen, he finds his mother's body with a slit throat.... Yu-jin doesn't remember what happened last night at all, as he hasn't taken his medication for several days. Fearing that the police and his older brother will blame him for everything, he hides his mother's body and washes away all the blood traces in the apartment. By chance, he comes across his mother's diary, which is dedicated solely to him. Reading the diary and struggling to recall the events of the previous night, Yu-jin begins to realize that he is not at all who he has thought he was his whole life, and that his mother has been deceiving him for many years. Will he be able to cope with the horrifying truth about himself? After all, perhaps he is not such a good son after all... Read the chilling psychological thriller by Jung Yoo-jung, the most widely read South Korean author and writer of the world bestseller "Seven-Year Night".