The investigation
Subtitle: a novel
By: J.M. Lee ; translated by Chi-Young Kim
Contributors: Kim, Chi-Young, translator
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9781605988467
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Poets; Murder; Investigation; Omine (Concentration camp); History; Fiction
Work titles: Pyŏl ŭl sŭch'inŭn param
Description: "Watanabe Yuichi, a young guard with a passion for reading, is ordered to investigate a murder. The victim, Sugiyama, also a guard, was feared and despised throughout the prison and inquiries have barely begun when a powerful inmate confesses. But Watanabe is unconvinced; and as he interrogates both the suspect and Yun Dong-ju, a talented Korean poet, he starts to realize that the fearsome guard was not all he appeared to be... As Watanabe unravels Sugiyama's final months, he begins to discover what is really going on inside this dark and violent institution, which few inmates survive: a man who will stop at nothing to dig his way to freedom; a governor whose greed knows no bounds; a little girl whose kite finds an unlikely friend. And Yun Dong-ju--the poet whose works hold such beauty they can break the hardest of hearts. As the war moves towards its devastating close and bombs rain down upon the prison, Watanabe realizes that he must find a way to protect Yun Dong-ju, no matter what it takes. As he digs further and further in to his investigation, the young guard discovers a devastating truth" --
Notes: Translated from the Korean.

Jung-Myung Lee (Chŏng-myŏng Yi) is a best-selling Korean author, also known for his novel One Deep-Rooted Tree.

Includes bibliographical references (page 327).