num_pages: 288
description: From the Prize-Winning Author of The Hole a Slow-Burning Thriller about Unseen Forces that Shape Us and Debts We Accumulate in Life in Death.Winner of several of Korea's top literary awards The Law of Lines follows the parallel stories of two young women whose lives are upended by sudden loss. When Se-oh a recluse still living with her father returns from an errand to find their house in flames wrecked by a gas explosion she is forced back into the world she had tried to escape. The detective investigating the incident tells her that her father caused the explosion to kill himself because of overwhelming debt she knew nothing about but Se-oh suspects foul play by an aggressive debt collector and sets out on her own investigation seeking vengeance.Ki-jeong a beleaguered high school teacher receives a phone call that the body of her younger half-sister has just been found. Her sister was a college student she had grown distant from. Though her death by drowning is considered a suicide by the police that doesn't satisfy Ki-jeong and she goes to her sister's university to find out what happened. Her sister's cell phone reveals a thicket of lies and links to a company that lures students into a virtual pyramid scheme preying on them and their relationships. One of the contacts in the call log is Se-oh.Like Hye-young Pyun's Shirley Jackson Awardwinning novel The Hole an immersive thriller that explores the edges of criminality the unseen forces in our most intimate lives and grief and debt.
language: English
title: The Law of Lines
publisher: Arcade