JOHNSON, ADAM - THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON - (EXCELLENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

Major prize winner - Looks brand new and unread to me. >>>   The novel’s reception has been highly favorable.    The New York Times, has called it "a daring and remarkable novel, a novel that not only opens a frightening window on the mysterious kingdom of  North Korea, but one that also excavates the very meaning of love and sacrifice."The Wall Street Journal  said “stylistic panache, technical daring, moral weight and an uncanny sense of the current moment combine in 'The Orphan Master's Son', the single best work of fiction published in 2012.” The New Inquiry,  called the book "one of those rare works of high ambition that follow through on all of its promises... it examines both the Orwellian horrors of life in the DPRK and the voyeurism of Western media."  Washington Post  called the novel “an audacious act of imagination.”  In the  New York Times, Christopher R. Beha called it “an ingeniously plotted adventure tha t feels much shorter than its roughly 450 pages.  Awards and honors 2012  National Book Critics Circle Award, finalist 2013 The Morning News Tournament of Books, winner 2013  Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, winner 2013  Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner fiction 2013  ALA Notable lists  American Library Association Notable Book Award. 2013  California Book Award, gold medal *N.B.*   If you buy more books from me you only pay R 6 postage each on the additional books – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.