The Old Woman With the Knife
- 2 Mar 2023
- 9781838856458
- £9.99
- 288 pp
- 129×198mm
- 3 Mar 2022
- 9781838856441
- £7.99
- 288 pp
- 3 Mar 2022
- 9781838856465
- £25
- 6 hrs 27 min
In a few words
A whip-smart, taut and compelling novel about an ageing assassin who discovers fresh purpose when she mentors a reckless young rookie with a sinister obsession – now a major Korean thriller streaming on Amazon Prime
In a few words
A whip-smart, taut and compelling novel about an ageing assassin who discovers fresh purpose when she mentors a reckless young rookie with a sinister obsession – now a major Korean thriller streaming on Amazon Prime
In a few words
A whip-smart, taut and compelling novel about an ageing assassin who discovers fresh purpose when she mentors a reckless young rookie with a sinister obsession – now a major Korean thriller streaming on Amazon Prime
Assassination, Gangnam style. A resonant K-noir treat
Luke Jennings, Author Of The Killing Eve Novels
Darkly comic . . . It focuses engagingly and compassionately on the invisibility of ageing citizens
Assassination, Gangnam style. A resonant K-noir treat
Luke Jennings, Author Of The Killing Eve Novels
Darkly comic . . . It focuses engagingly and compassionately on the invisibility of ageing citizens
Assassination, Gangnam style. A resonant K-noir treat
Luke Jennings, Author Of The Killing Eve Novels
Darkly comic . . . It focuses engagingly and compassionately on the invisibility of ageing citizens
More about
the book
NOW A MAJOR KOREAN THRILLER STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME
Hornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. But while on an assassination job for the ‘disease control’ company she works for, Hornclaw makes an uncharacteristic error, causing a sequence of events that brings her past well and truly into the present.
Threatened with sabotage by a young male upstart and battling new desires and urges when she least expects them, Hornclaw steels her resolve, demonstrating that no matter their age, the female of the species is always more deadly than the male.
More about
the book
NOW A MAJOR KOREAN THRILLER STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME
Hornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. But while on an assassination job for the ‘disease control’ company she works for, Hornclaw makes an uncharacteristic error, causing a sequence of events that brings her past well and truly into the present.
Threatened with sabotage by a young male upstart and battling new desires and urges when she least expects them, Hornclaw steels her resolve, demonstrating that no matter their age, the female of the species is always more deadly than the male.
More about
the book
NOW A MAJOR KOREAN THRILLER STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME
Hornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. But while on an assassination job for the ‘disease control’ company she works for, Hornclaw makes an uncharacteristic error, causing a sequence of events that brings her past well and truly into the present.
Threatened with sabotage by a young male upstart and battling new desires and urges when she least expects them, Hornclaw steels her resolve, demonstrating that no matter their age, the female of the species is always more deadly than the male.
The pull of this novel lies in its incredible story, filled with fascinating, flawed, funny, heartbreaking characters. It’s the experience of reading it that will stay with you
I loved The Old Woman With the Knife, Gu Byeong-mo's pitch-black comic thriller about an elderly female assassin
Paula Hawkins
Electrifying. An utterly thrilling, illuminating read with a radical heroine at its heart. I loved it
Irenosen Okojie
The Old Woman with the Knife is unique – a gripping thriller as well as a deeply thoughtful book about our attitudes to ageing and grief. Wonderful stuff
Doug Johnstone
The pull of this novel lies in its incredible story, filled with fascinating, flawed, funny, heartbreaking characters. It’s the experience of reading it that will stay with you
I loved The Old Woman With the Knife, Gu Byeong-mo's pitch-black comic thriller about an elderly female assassin
Paula Hawkins
Electrifying. An utterly thrilling, illuminating read with a radical heroine at its heart. I loved it
Irenosen Okojie
The Old Woman with the Knife is unique – a gripping thriller as well as a deeply thoughtful book about our attitudes to ageing and grief. Wonderful stuff
Doug Johnstone
The pull of this novel lies in its incredible story, filled with fascinating, flawed, funny, heartbreaking characters. It’s the experience of reading it that will stay with you
I loved The Old Woman With the Knife, Gu Byeong-mo's pitch-black comic thriller about an elderly female assassin
Paula Hawkins
Electrifying. An utterly thrilling, illuminating read with a radical heroine at its heart. I loved it
Irenosen Okojie
The Old Woman with the Knife is unique – a gripping thriller as well as a deeply thoughtful book about our attitudes to ageing and grief. Wonderful stuff
Doug Johnstone
Gu Byeong-mo
View profileGu Byeong-mo was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1976. She made her literary debut in 2009 when her novel Wizard Bakery won the second Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction. Her 2015 short-story collection Geugeosi namaneun anigireul received the Today’s Writer Award and Hwang Sun-won New Writers’ Award. This is her third novel, and the first to be translated into the English language.
Chi-Young Kim is an award-winning literary translator and editor based in Los Angeles. A recipient of the Man Asian Literary Prize (2011), she has translated works by You-jeong Jeong, Sun-mi Hwang, Young-ha Kim, Kyung Ran Jo, J.M. Lee and Kyung-sook Shin, among others.
Gu Byeong-mo
View profileGu Byeong-mo was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1976. She made her literary debut in 2009 when her novel Wizard Bakery won the second Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction. Her 2015 short-story collection Geugeosi namaneun anigireul received the Today’s Writer Award and Hwang Sun-won New Writers’ Award. This is her third novel, and the first to be translated into the English language.
Chi-Young Kim is an award-winning literary translator and editor based in Los Angeles. A recipient of the Man Asian Literary Prize (2011), she has translated works by You-jeong Jeong, Sun-mi Hwang, Young-ha Kim, Kyung Ran Jo, J.M. Lee and Kyung-sook Shin, among others.
Gu Byeong-mo
View profileGu Byeong-mo was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1976. She made her literary debut in 2009 when her novel Wizard Bakery won the second Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction. Her 2015 short-story collection Geugeosi namaneun anigireul received the Today’s Writer Award and Hwang Sun-won New Writers’ Award. This is her third novel, and the first to be translated into the English language.
Chi-Young Kim is an award-winning literary translator and editor based in Los Angeles. A recipient of the Man Asian Literary Prize (2011), she has translated works by You-jeong Jeong, Sun-mi Hwang, Young-ha Kim, Kyung Ran Jo, J.M. Lee and Kyung-sook Shin, among others.
