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Perfect Happiness by You-jeong Jeong

14 October, 2025

Translated by Sean Lin Halbert — Introducing Yuna Shin: a mother, wife, narcissist, perfectionist and murderer in this newly translated novel from Korean author You-jeong Jeong. As the title suggests, main character Yuna believes that happiness is perfection, and she will eliminate all imperfections to…

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Nagaisayonara: Top five books of 2018

By nagaisayonara

24 December, 2018

Every year there’s one standout book that I know as soon as I finish it will take the number one spot on my top five for the year. 2018 has been no exception. As always, my selection takes readers all over the world, with four…

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The Good Son

By nagaisayonara

4 May, 2018

Written by You-Jeong Jeong, translated by Chi-Young Kim — South Korean fiction is something of a sleeping giant, both within and outside the crime genre, but it’s a giant that is slowly awakening with a number of compelling reads coming out of the southern half…

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New from Korea

By crimefictionlover

20 April, 2018

On the Radar — You know that we get excited about crime fiction from overseas markets here on Crime Fiction Lover. South Korea already manufactures some of the finest smartphones and containerships in the world, but the country’s latest export is the crime novel The…

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Perfect Happiness by You-jeong Jeong

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