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  • Published: 31 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529954531
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $34.99

The Trunk

  • Kim Ryeo-ryeong




Soon to be a major Netflix Series, the Korean feminist thriller by the award-winning, bestselling author, Kim Ryeo-ryeong

**Soon to be a major Netflix TV series, starring Gong Yu and Seo Hyun-jin**

Read the pageturning Korean feminist thriller for fans of KIM JIYOUNG BORN 1982, CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN and YELLOWFACE.

‘So this is the world we live in, where even spouses can be rented’

Meet Noh Inji: thirty years old, five wedding rings so far, and she’s never once been in love.

When Inji takes a job at Wedding & Life, the popular matchmaking service, she never imagines her role will be with NM, their secretive marriage division that rents out ‘field spouses’ for a fixed period to their elite clientele. Just like a real marriage, Inji’s assignments involve a wedding, some sex and a spot of housework. It’s all tailored exactly to the client’s desires - no legal battles, no fights, no emotional baggage.

In no way is Inji interested in finding real love, because accidents happen when you mistakenly assume that you are somehow special. At NM, love is temporary, which is just how Inji likes it.
When one of Inji’s old husbands, a mysterious high-profile music producer, requests her back for another year of marriage, Inji’s own dark past will begin to unravel – as well as the sinister underbelly of the NM management, who will stop at nothing to preserve their reputation - and that of their wealthiest clients …

  • Published: 31 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529954531
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $34.99

Praise for The Trunk

Kim Ryeo-ryeong’s punchy takedown of marriage conventions and societal norms excitedly juggles a lot of ideas

The Times

Sharp Korean satire with a feminist edge, boasting that greatest of modern accolades: now a major Netflix series

Financial Times, Best books of 2024: Fiction in translation
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