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The Story of P.C. (K-Fiction 019)

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Translated by:
Publisher: , 2017
Original title: 어느 피씨주의자의 종생기, 2017
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After a writer who has maintained a steady sales index by continuously releasing new books becomes embroiled in a controversy over the content of a new work that reveals his interest in society, the book traces the publishers and writers who deal with the controversy. Mr. P, a novelist, has been publishing novels for six years, at an average rate of one book a year. As Mr. P’s books, which have maintained a steady sales index, have been made into cable dramas, movies, and web dramas, Mr. P has a large number of followers on the web. The narrator follows Mr. P’s account for the first time out of curiosity about how Mr. P responds to the controversy at that time, and how far he can understand the daily life of the person who causes such a controversy with just his stubs and photos.

Source: Kyobo bookstore / Microsoft translation tool

Read a review by Tony Malone here. Entry on Goodreads.com here.

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