People who deserve to be killed
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Book Introduction
“A few rotten apples outweigh God’s intentions. What difference does it make if we pick it out a little early? “You are doing good for the world.” Goodreads, the most demanding book review group in the US, has a rating of 4.01! A thriller that was raved about by 300 reviewers before its publication! If gripping quality is important to you when choosing a novel, this is one you can't miss. Peter Swanson's "People Who Deserve to Die" has been published by Blue Forest, earning him rave reviews as "a writer who explores the cold nature of evil with a prose as sharp as a scalpel [Publisher's Weekly]." He has been instantly elevated to the ranks of thriller masters like Gillian Flynn. "People Who Deserve to Die" begins with a man and a woman who meet by chance in an unfamiliar place and reveal their intimate private lives to each other. The introduction may feel similar to Patricia Highsmith's classic Strangers on a Train, which was also adapted into a film by Alfred Hitchcock, but the motif is similar, and the tighter sexual tension and persuasive plot provide a whole new level of enjoyment. This book received a Goodreads reviewer's review, one of the most demanding review groups in the US. "Has there ever been a book more fittingly described as 'unputdownably entertaining'? It captivated me from the first page," and "The best book I've read this year! Many reviews compare it to 'Gone Girl' and 'The Girl on the Train,' but after reading all three, I think 'The People Who Deserve to Die' is the most entertaining! Don't blame me for staying up all night." It received favorable reviews such as “I clearly warned you,” and raised the expectations of Korean readers to the max. |
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index
Part 1: The Rules of Airport Lounge Bars
Part 2: The Unfinished House
Part 3: Hide the body well
Translator's Note
Part 2: The Unfinished House
Part 3: Hide the body well
Translator's Note
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Into the book
“You’re doing good for the world.” Her voice was so soft I had to raise my eyes and lean in slightly toward her.
“That’s my honest feeling.
As I said before, everyone dies.
Even if you kill your wife, you're just killing someone who's going to die anyway a little sooner.
Besides, it also saves many people from getting hurt by her.
She is a cancer to this society.
It makes the world a worse place.
And what I did to you is worse than killing a person.
[…] she threw the punch first.” --- p.54
"yes.
But I'm just the person sitting next to you on the plane.
Ultimately, the decision is yours.
There's a world of difference between wanting to kill your wife and actually doing it.
There is a world of difference between killing someone and not getting caught.” --- p.56
I ordered another gin and tonic and thought about what the woman had said about murder.
That was right.
Why is taking someone's life considered such a terrible thing? Soon, a new generation will take over the world, and those living now will die.
Some terribly, some peacefully.
--- p.57
“Sounds like a ruined second date,” I said, trying to break the ice.
She laughed.
“I don’t think either of us expected the other to show up.” “Well, I guess.
“I thought you would come out.” “I thought you wouldn’t come out.”
“I thought I’d wake up the next morning with a terrible hangover and vaguely remember plotting to kill my wife.” “I had a terrible hangover, but I remember everything we talked about.” “Do you still want to kill her?” Lily asked.
As if asking if you still want to eat French fries.
But her eyes sparkled with joy.
Or as a sense of challenge.
She was testing me.
“More than before,” I said.
--- p.82
People brag about the dignity of life, but there is too much life in this world.
So, if someone abuses their power, or like Miranda, abuses someone else's love for them, they deserve to be killed.
It may sound like an extreme punishment, but I don't think so.
Everyone's life is full.
Even if it ends briefly.
Every life is a complete experience in itself.
--- pp.84~85
I hate my wife, but it's because I once loved her.
I wondered if I was making a mistake I'd regret for the rest of my life. As my thoughts drifted along this line, I began to feel scared.
I wanted to contact Lily.
I wanted to hear her talk about murder as casually as if she were throwing away an old sofa.
--- p.108
“If you do everything according to plan, nothing will go wrong.
Let me ask you one thing.
Let's say there's an earthquake in Kennewick today and Miranda and Brad die.
“How would you feel?” “I would be happy,” I answered without a moment’s hesitation.
“All the problems will be solved, and they will pay for their crimes.” “That’s what we’re trying to do.
It creates an earthquake.
“An earthquake strong enough to bury both.” --- pp.158-159
After finishing the Guinness, I thought my career as a murderer was over.
Not because I've lost interest in killing, but because I know I'll never do it again.
From now on, I will not allow anyone to get that close to me or hurt me like Eric did.
--- p.204
She was a rotten person to the core.
Maybe I'm just excited to find a scapegoat again.
I hate to admit it, but for me, murder was an itch I hadn't scratched in a long time.
--- p.218
I felt neither regret nor guilt.
Every murder I committed had a reason, and a good reason.
The reason my heart aches like this is because of loneliness.
The loneliness of not having anyone in this world to share what I know.
“That’s my honest feeling.
As I said before, everyone dies.
Even if you kill your wife, you're just killing someone who's going to die anyway a little sooner.
Besides, it also saves many people from getting hurt by her.
She is a cancer to this society.
It makes the world a worse place.
And what I did to you is worse than killing a person.
[…] she threw the punch first.” --- p.54
"yes.
But I'm just the person sitting next to you on the plane.
Ultimately, the decision is yours.
There's a world of difference between wanting to kill your wife and actually doing it.
There is a world of difference between killing someone and not getting caught.” --- p.56
I ordered another gin and tonic and thought about what the woman had said about murder.
That was right.
Why is taking someone's life considered such a terrible thing? Soon, a new generation will take over the world, and those living now will die.
Some terribly, some peacefully.
--- p.57
“Sounds like a ruined second date,” I said, trying to break the ice.
She laughed.
“I don’t think either of us expected the other to show up.” “Well, I guess.
“I thought you would come out.” “I thought you wouldn’t come out.”
“I thought I’d wake up the next morning with a terrible hangover and vaguely remember plotting to kill my wife.” “I had a terrible hangover, but I remember everything we talked about.” “Do you still want to kill her?” Lily asked.
As if asking if you still want to eat French fries.
But her eyes sparkled with joy.
Or as a sense of challenge.
She was testing me.
“More than before,” I said.
--- p.82
People brag about the dignity of life, but there is too much life in this world.
So, if someone abuses their power, or like Miranda, abuses someone else's love for them, they deserve to be killed.
It may sound like an extreme punishment, but I don't think so.
Everyone's life is full.
Even if it ends briefly.
Every life is a complete experience in itself.
--- pp.84~85
I hate my wife, but it's because I once loved her.
I wondered if I was making a mistake I'd regret for the rest of my life. As my thoughts drifted along this line, I began to feel scared.
I wanted to contact Lily.
I wanted to hear her talk about murder as casually as if she were throwing away an old sofa.
--- p.108
“If you do everything according to plan, nothing will go wrong.
Let me ask you one thing.
Let's say there's an earthquake in Kennewick today and Miranda and Brad die.
“How would you feel?” “I would be happy,” I answered without a moment’s hesitation.
“All the problems will be solved, and they will pay for their crimes.” “That’s what we’re trying to do.
It creates an earthquake.
“An earthquake strong enough to bury both.” --- pp.158-159
After finishing the Guinness, I thought my career as a murderer was over.
Not because I've lost interest in killing, but because I know I'll never do it again.
From now on, I will not allow anyone to get that close to me or hurt me like Eric did.
--- p.204
She was a rotten person to the core.
Maybe I'm just excited to find a scapegoat again.
I hate to admit it, but for me, murder was an itch I hadn't scratched in a long time.
--- p.218
I felt neither regret nor guilt.
Every murder I committed had a reason, and a good reason.
The reason my heart aches like this is because of loneliness.
The loneliness of not having anyone in this world to share what I know.
--- p.421
Publisher's Review
There are novels where the pages turn quickly.
There are novels that are so captivating that they're almost impossible to get through, and this one is one of the latter! _[Marie Claire]
“That face, that innocent and loving face
“It decided his fate.”
A thriller that completely captivates readers from the first sentence to the last!
“There is a world of difference between wanting to kill your wife and actually doing it.
There's a world of difference between killing someone and not getting caught.”
A man and a woman meet by chance in the Heathrow Airport lounge bar.
Ted, who has been married for three years and has a successful business, meets Lily, a skinny redhead with sea-blue eyes that are as clear as sea water.
Since her flight was delayed, Ted tells her about the story from a week ago, taking advantage of the airport's law that they can diverge at any time.
He happened to notice that his wife was having an affair, and he finally witnessed it.
So, I poured out my heart to Lily, saying that I had been in pain the entire business trip.
“What are you going to do now?” asks Lily. “I want to kill my wife.
“That’s what I really want,” Ted says, winking as a sign that he’s joking.
But Lily's eyes are so serious when she says, "I think the same as you."
The following story pleasantly avoids the simple expectation that it will be a revenge drama by a husband who cannot forgive his wife.
Peter Swanson has created a new type of thriller novel that continues the unexpected flow and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the last sentence, earning a flood of reviews saying that you will be captivated by the charm of the many twists and turns.
This work brought him into the spotlight as “the rightful successor to the crown of ‘Find Me’.”
Can a person judge another for murder?
The moment you turn the last page,
Before you know it, you find yourself rooting for a murderer!
“That’s exactly what we’re trying to do.
It creates an earthquake.
“An earthquake strong enough to bury both of them.”
Just when your heart is starting to swell, an old painter who ruins your day with his sticky gaze and even comes next to you and masturbates while you sleep; a boyfriend you truly loved but who turned out to be two-timing you without batting an eye; a wife who you wanted to be happy together forever but who shamelessly committed adultery and only plans to extract your wealth… Could you forgive these people?
Because they cannot forgive, the characters in the work plan and carry out revenge, even if it means murder.
Author Peter Swanson didn't present any bloody gore or anyone who would point a finger at it.
I just gather together people who are likely to be around us and present what can happen between them and how they deal with hate.
It is so thorough and persistent that the comment, “It so clearly penetrates the psychology of a person who commits a premeditated murder that it makes you wonder about the author’s private life,” is not an exaggeration.
The author's world unfolds as calmly as the murderer in the work, and we are helplessly drawn into it.
Furthermore, I feel as if I am eliminating the 'people who deserve to die' in the world on my behalf, and I feel catharsis from the killer's actions.
So, as readers rave about it, saying things like, “As I read, I find myself dreaming of the perfect crime without even realizing it,” and “It makes it impossible to put the book down for even a moment, drawing me in with her perfect plan,” you’ll find yourself rooting for them the moment you turn the last page.
Do you also have people who 'deserve to die'?
The good and evil we have believed in,
A story that breaks down the boundaries of humanity
“She was a rotten person to the core.
Maybe I'm just excited to find a scapegoat again.”
Lily has been exposed to strange situations since she was young.
A house where artists, writers, and mom and dad's new and ex-lovers mix and have sex parties.
In order to 'survive' here, you must have instinctively dulled your emotions.
Then one day, Lily kills a stray cat that was harassing her pet cat, and this becomes her perfect way of solving problems.
As an adult, she works a similar job in the university archives every day, lives a leisurely life alone in a house full of books, and lives a life with no particular aspirations or desires.
Although her daily life seems quiet at first glance, she still kills those who hurt her one by one as if she were cleaning up trash.
Murder is certainly a bad thing, but "People Who Deserve to Die" makes the killing justifiable through its excellent plot and compelling characters.
When we see people living comfortably even after making obvious mistakes, we usually try hard to erase them from our memories.
But Lily always judges in her own way, calmly and meticulously.
Seeing Lily's unhesitating attitude, we are forced to question things like, "Is killing a person really a bad thing?" and "Why shouldn't we kill people? Everyone dies at least once." We are forced to question the good and evil and humanity we have believed in.
If there was someone who made it impossible for you to ever live your life the same again, if you had the confidence to kill that person, if you could even hide the body perfectly, what choice would you make?
The fact that we cannot help but hesitate on this question is why we cannot simply blame Lily.
In this way, "People Who Deserve to Die" is not about bloody brutality, but rather about sophisticatedly provoking and questioning the taboos within you, making it all the more chilling and compelling.
There are novels that are so captivating that they're almost impossible to get through, and this one is one of the latter! _[Marie Claire]
“That face, that innocent and loving face
“It decided his fate.”
A thriller that completely captivates readers from the first sentence to the last!
“There is a world of difference between wanting to kill your wife and actually doing it.
There's a world of difference between killing someone and not getting caught.”
A man and a woman meet by chance in the Heathrow Airport lounge bar.
Ted, who has been married for three years and has a successful business, meets Lily, a skinny redhead with sea-blue eyes that are as clear as sea water.
Since her flight was delayed, Ted tells her about the story from a week ago, taking advantage of the airport's law that they can diverge at any time.
He happened to notice that his wife was having an affair, and he finally witnessed it.
So, I poured out my heart to Lily, saying that I had been in pain the entire business trip.
“What are you going to do now?” asks Lily. “I want to kill my wife.
“That’s what I really want,” Ted says, winking as a sign that he’s joking.
But Lily's eyes are so serious when she says, "I think the same as you."
The following story pleasantly avoids the simple expectation that it will be a revenge drama by a husband who cannot forgive his wife.
Peter Swanson has created a new type of thriller novel that continues the unexpected flow and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the last sentence, earning a flood of reviews saying that you will be captivated by the charm of the many twists and turns.
This work brought him into the spotlight as “the rightful successor to the crown of ‘Find Me’.”
Can a person judge another for murder?
The moment you turn the last page,
Before you know it, you find yourself rooting for a murderer!
“That’s exactly what we’re trying to do.
It creates an earthquake.
“An earthquake strong enough to bury both of them.”
Just when your heart is starting to swell, an old painter who ruins your day with his sticky gaze and even comes next to you and masturbates while you sleep; a boyfriend you truly loved but who turned out to be two-timing you without batting an eye; a wife who you wanted to be happy together forever but who shamelessly committed adultery and only plans to extract your wealth… Could you forgive these people?
Because they cannot forgive, the characters in the work plan and carry out revenge, even if it means murder.
Author Peter Swanson didn't present any bloody gore or anyone who would point a finger at it.
I just gather together people who are likely to be around us and present what can happen between them and how they deal with hate.
It is so thorough and persistent that the comment, “It so clearly penetrates the psychology of a person who commits a premeditated murder that it makes you wonder about the author’s private life,” is not an exaggeration.
The author's world unfolds as calmly as the murderer in the work, and we are helplessly drawn into it.
Furthermore, I feel as if I am eliminating the 'people who deserve to die' in the world on my behalf, and I feel catharsis from the killer's actions.
So, as readers rave about it, saying things like, “As I read, I find myself dreaming of the perfect crime without even realizing it,” and “It makes it impossible to put the book down for even a moment, drawing me in with her perfect plan,” you’ll find yourself rooting for them the moment you turn the last page.
Do you also have people who 'deserve to die'?
The good and evil we have believed in,
A story that breaks down the boundaries of humanity
“She was a rotten person to the core.
Maybe I'm just excited to find a scapegoat again.”
Lily has been exposed to strange situations since she was young.
A house where artists, writers, and mom and dad's new and ex-lovers mix and have sex parties.
In order to 'survive' here, you must have instinctively dulled your emotions.
Then one day, Lily kills a stray cat that was harassing her pet cat, and this becomes her perfect way of solving problems.
As an adult, she works a similar job in the university archives every day, lives a leisurely life alone in a house full of books, and lives a life with no particular aspirations or desires.
Although her daily life seems quiet at first glance, she still kills those who hurt her one by one as if she were cleaning up trash.
Murder is certainly a bad thing, but "People Who Deserve to Die" makes the killing justifiable through its excellent plot and compelling characters.
When we see people living comfortably even after making obvious mistakes, we usually try hard to erase them from our memories.
But Lily always judges in her own way, calmly and meticulously.
Seeing Lily's unhesitating attitude, we are forced to question things like, "Is killing a person really a bad thing?" and "Why shouldn't we kill people? Everyone dies at least once." We are forced to question the good and evil and humanity we have believed in.
If there was someone who made it impossible for you to ever live your life the same again, if you had the confidence to kill that person, if you could even hide the body perfectly, what choice would you make?
The fact that we cannot help but hesitate on this question is why we cannot simply blame Lily.
In this way, "People Who Deserve to Die" is not about bloody brutality, but rather about sophisticatedly provoking and questioning the taboos within you, making it all the more chilling and compelling.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of publication: July 18, 2016
- Page count, weight, size: 452 pages | 594g | 140*210*30mm
- ISBN13: 9791156756552
- ISBN10: 1156756553
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