Magnolia A Novel

South 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… |Magnolia A Novel