Oxford Soju Club
by Jinwoo Park
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Pub Date Sep 30 2025 | Archive Date Aug 31 2025
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Description
The natural enemy of a Korean is another Korean.
When North Korean spymaster Doha Kim is mysteriously killed in Oxford, his protege, Yohan Kim, chases the only breadcrumb given to him in Doha’s last breath: “Soju Club, Dr. Ryu.” In the meantime, a Korean American CIA agent , Yunah Choi, races to salvage her investigation of the North Korean spy cell in the aftermath of the assassination. At the centre of it all is the Soju Club, the only Korean restaurant in Oxford, owned by Jihoon Lim, an immigrant from Seoul in search of a new life after suffering a tragedy. As different factions move in with their own agendas, their fates become entangled, resulting in a bitter struggle that will determine whose truth will triumph.
Oxford Soju Club weaves a tale of how immigrants in the Korean diaspora are forced to create identities to survive, and how in the end, they must shed those masks and seek their true selves.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“Wildly inventive, fast-paced, and glowing with heart, Oxford Soju Club is an unforgettable debut. A spy thriller interlacing the paths of three individuals embroiled in what threatens to become an international incident, this book stayed with me long after I’d finished it, not only for its breakneck plot but the poignant way it describes trying to exist between worlds and to carve a place of your own in between. Jinwoo Park has a lifelong reader in me.” —Jinwoo Chong, author of Flux
“Jinwoo Park’s Oxford Soju Club would be right at home amongst the works of Herron and le Carré with its tight turns of plot and thoughtfully considered lingo. But on top of crafting a clever spy thriller, Park uses its vernacular of shifting alliances, donned masks, and the training one undergoes to assimilate to deftly probe questions of diasporic identity and how we decide where we belong. Sly, ingenious, and profoundly felt—I loved it.” — Elaine U. Cho, author of Ocean's Godori
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- Trade and consumer advertising campaign
- Featured title at ABA Winter Institute 2025
- Influencer outreach
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781459755109 |
| PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 224 |
