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Book SynopsisSouth Korea 1957. Sukey, an intelligent graduate with much promise, falls in love with a man, Kwon, who confesses to her that he has been a North Korean spy. It is four years since the Korean War ended in a cease-fire (having started on 25 June 1950). Even though fighting is suspended, hostility and enmity towards the North is the social norm. With anti-spy campaigns, street and hotel searches, and arrests of any suspect, citizens are urged to be vigilant and to report on any suspicious goings-on. When Sukey takes on Kwon as her lover, she has little idea of what it will be like to keep an ex-spy hidden away from society, her family and friends. Her world changes overnight, and within a few months she is reduced to a nervous wreck…
Table of ContentsPart I Chapter 1 Letters Chapter 2 Fate’s Favourite Chapter 3 Sisters Chapter 4 A Chronicle of April Chapter 5 A t the Threshold of a New Era – Memories of a Childhood Chapter 6 In the Valley on the Dark Side of the Sun (1) Chapter 7 In the Valley on the Dark Side on the Sun (2) Chapter 8 In the Valley on the Dark Side on the Sun (3) Part II Chapter 9 Confession Chapter 10 Crime and Punishment Chapter 11 In Hospital Ward Chapter 12 A June Diary Chapter 13 The Rally Chapter 14 Vicissitude - A Chronicle of Christmas and the New Year Chapter 15 Living on Borrowed Time Chapter 16 Departure
