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The Eyes Are the Best Part

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11th July 2024

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Selected: Audiobook Downloadable / ISBN-13: 9781914240898

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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

Reviews

Fern Brady, author of Strong Female Character
Darkly funny
Waterstones
Utterly fantastic, female revenge horror at its finest. Perfect for readers of Tender is the Flesh
Big Issue
Smartly written...A fun and nasty debut with real edge to it. A promising calling card from a writer to watch
ABC
Incredibly readable... Kim has delivered an entertaining and gruesome romp on female rage
Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of My Sister, the Serial Killer
I was enticed from the first line
New York Times
An outstanding debut... Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original
CJ Leede, author of Maeve Fly
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
TIME
An inventive, terrifying tale of misogyny, Asian fetishisation, and cannibalism
Library Journal
Monika Kim has written a novel that every library needs to own
Booklist
A new voice in horror... Gripping
Emily M. Danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Obsessive, grotesque and never predictable, this is a horror debut to sink your teeth into