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By (author) Monika Kim

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Crying in H Mart meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer

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”I was enticed from the first line” OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, author of My Sister, the Serial Killer

This feminist howl-of-a-debut is going to crawl right under your skin

”An outstanding debut” NEW YORK TIMES

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS

NEW YORK TIMES BEST HORROR BOOK OF THE YEAR

SPOTIFY ”BREAKOUT” AUTHOR OF THE YEAR

Ji-won”s life is in disarray. Her father”s affair has ripped the family to shreds, leaving her to piece their crappy lives back together.

Then her mother”s new white boyfriend enters the scene, bragging about his knowledge of Korean culture. As he swaggers around their claustrophobic apartment ogling her teenage sister, Ji-won”s grip on reality begins to slip.

She finds herself growing obsessed with his brilliant blue eyeballs, resolving to do the one thing that will save her family – and curb her cravings…

”Smartly written… A writer to watch” BIG ISSUE

”Darkly funny” FERN BRADY, author of Strong Female Character

”Monika
Kim has written a novel every library needs to own” LIBRARY JOURNAL

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I was enticed from the first line

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An outstanding debut… Violent, smart, gruesome and
wildly original

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Darkly funny

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Visceral, disgusting, glorious.
I love this book and every character in it. Monika Kim”s sentences are superb, and I was riveted and nauseated from the very first page

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An inventive, terrifying tale of misogyny, Asian fetishisation, and cannibalism

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Obsessive, grotesque and never predictable, this is
a horror debut to sink your teeth into

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Smartly written…A fun and nasty debut with real edge to it.
A promising calling card from a writer to watch

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Utterly fantastic, female revenge horror at its finest. Perfect for readers of Tender is the Flesh

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Monika Kim has written a novel that every library needs to own

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A new voice in horror… Gripping

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Incredibly readable… Kim has delivered an entertaining and gruesome romp on female rage

Biographical note:

MONIKA KIM is a second-generation Korean American living in Los Angeles” Koreatown. She learned about eating fish eyes and other Korean superstitions from her mother, who immigrated to Los Angeles from Seoul in 1985.

The Eyes Are the Best Part is her debut novel and was selected as a Book of the Year by the New York Times, TIME, Spotify and others.