Good Son, or The Origin of Species

Han Yoojin, a law school student, talented athlete, and obedient son, wakes up in his room to a distinctive metallic smell. All his clothes and bed are covered in blood. In the kitchen, he finds his mother's body with her throat slit. Yoojin completely doesn't remember what happened the previous night, as he hadn't taken his medication for several days. Afraid that the police and his older brother will blame him for everything, he hides his mother's body and cleans all the bloody traces in the apartment. By chance, he comes across his mother's diary, dedicated solely to him. As he reads the diary and struggles to piece together the events of the previous night, Yoojin begins to realize that he is not at all the person he thought he was his whole life, and that his mother had been deceiving him for many years. Will he be able to cope with the horrifying truth about himself? Perhaps he is not such a good son after all... Read the chilling psychological thriller by Jung Yoojung, the most widely read South Korean writer and author of the global bestseller "Seven-Year Night."