The Plotters
Un-su Kim's crime thriller narrated by a professional assassin who tries to understand his own motives, translated by Sora Kim-Russell.
The Plotters is a literary thriller by the South Korean writer Un-su Kim, published in 2010. It is narrated by a professional assassin who gradually tries to understand what motivates him. After its French edition in 2017 it was shortlisted for the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, and it appeared in English from Knopf Doubleday in January 2019. Kim Ho-Yeon calls it a masterpiece of the K-thriller genre.
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Kim Ho-Yeon
It's a very strong and exciting reading experience which offers insight, tension, and lingering emotions all at once.
Interview · June 2025
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