This is an energetic, joyful, and moving novel that depicts both the glittering nighttime world of Seoul and the bleary-eyed morning-after. Young is a cynical yet fun-loving Korean student who pinballs from home to class to the beds of recent Tinder matches. He and Jaehee, his female best friend and roommate, frequent nearby bars where they push away their anxieties about their love lives, families, and money. A brilliantly written novel filled with powerful sensory descriptions and both humour and emotion, this is an exploration of millennial loneliness as well as the joys of queer life.
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