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Johnson, Adam,
1967-
The orphan master's son :
a novel /
Adam Johnson.
New York :
Random House,
2012.
443 p.
The biography of Jun Do -- The confessions of Commander Ga.
Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother and an influential father who runs Long Tomorrows, a work camp for orphans. There the boy is given his first taste of power, picking which orphans eat first and which will be lent out for manual labor. Recognized for his loyalty and keen instincts, Jun Do comes to the attention of superiors in the state, rises in the ranks, and starts on a road from which there will be no return.
20120324.
2013 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction.
Orphanages
Fiction.
Kidnapping
Fiction.
Pulitzer Prize Winner.
Korea (North)
Fiction.
Spy stories.
Political fiction.
Suspense fiction.