Familiar Things

Seoul. On the outskirts of South Korea's glittering metropolis is a vast landfill site called Flower Island. Home to those driven from the city by poverty, is it here that 14-year-old Bugeye and his mother arrive, following his father's internment in a government 're-education camp'. This novel depicts a society on the edge of dizzying economic and social change, and is a haunting reminder to us all to be careful of what we throw away. Powerful and moving.