My Little Outlaw
 |
Description
Book Introduction
Cape Haven, a sheltered promontory where sunlight beautifully falls over sheer cliffs.
Police Chief Work's clock there has been stopped for 30 years since fifteen-year-old Vincent King was sentenced to adult prison for murdering a child named Sissy Radley.
If there's one thing that makes me walk like that, it's Star Radley, the deceased Sissy's older sister and childhood friend, and her children.
Duchess, who has matured faster than her age, is tasked with protecting her innocent younger sister in place of her mother Star, who is addicted to alcohol and drugs.
A thirteen-year-old girl who has become an outlaw out of hatred for the fucking world is on edge when she hears that murderer Vincent King is returning from prison.
Then one day, Duchess finds himself in a desperate situation while trying to help his mother who is involved in a fight with a large man, and encounters the shadow of another man standing outside the door.
The sight of the murderer, “with countless new, swollen wounds crisscrossing his body”… … .
A harsh sandstorm blows through the life of a girl who should be bright, and she crosses the streets bound by the chains of revenge. When the prelude to a tragedy that was thought to be over begins again, will the girl be able to survive the cruel whirlpool of fate that could change with a single mistake?
Police Chief Work's clock there has been stopped for 30 years since fifteen-year-old Vincent King was sentenced to adult prison for murdering a child named Sissy Radley.
If there's one thing that makes me walk like that, it's Star Radley, the deceased Sissy's older sister and childhood friend, and her children.
Duchess, who has matured faster than her age, is tasked with protecting her innocent younger sister in place of her mother Star, who is addicted to alcohol and drugs.
A thirteen-year-old girl who has become an outlaw out of hatred for the fucking world is on edge when she hears that murderer Vincent King is returning from prison.
Then one day, Duchess finds himself in a desperate situation while trying to help his mother who is involved in a fight with a large man, and encounters the shadow of another man standing outside the door.
The sight of the murderer, “with countless new, swollen wounds crisscrossing his body”… … .
A harsh sandstorm blows through the life of a girl who should be bright, and she crosses the streets bound by the chains of revenge. When the prelude to a tragedy that was thought to be over begins again, will the girl be able to survive the cruel whirlpool of fate that could change with a single mistake?
- You can preview some of the book's contents.
Preview
index
Part 1: The Outlaws
Part 2 Big Sky
Part 3 reward
Part 4: The Man Who Makes Women Cry
Coming out - to Korean readers
Part 2 Big Sky
Part 3 reward
Part 4: The Man Who Makes Women Cry
Coming out - to Korean readers
Detailed image
Into the book
“I did something bad, Mom.”
“Everyone does bad things.”
“But I don’t think it can be fixed.”
--- p.130
“Sin is determined long before the act is committed.
People just don't realize it.
People think they have a choice.
Look back on the past and try to do things differently, opening and closing various doors.
But in reality, there was no such thing as a choice.”
--- p.184
“When Hal talks about things like this, I think all this beauty, all this visible stuff, must look the same to me.
Just know that those things are nothing compared to what I've seen.
This purple is… … .”
Duchess waved at Huckleberry next to him.
“It reminds me of my mother’s ribs, bruised black from being hit.
Blue water, those are my mother's eyes.
It's so clear that you can see that there's no soul left in it anymore.
“Hal might breathe in this air and think it’s fresh, but I feel a stabbing pain every time I take a breath.”
Dutchess hit her chest hard.
“I am alone.
I'll take care of my brother, and Hal will abandon us because he doesn't really care about us.
And feel free to say or not say anything you think will make me feel better.
But fuck you, Hal.
They say fuck Montana.
“The farm, the animals there, and… … .”
--- p.255
Hal closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the rain.
Then the girl saw him? A life paying the price for its mistakes, a second chance, a pitiful plea for salvation.
“I float above the house and see the slate roofs and green fields, and the fallen leaves in the gutters remind me of autumn, the changing seasons that don’t care who dies.
I'm soaring high into the sky, and Montana becomes a footnote attached to the text. The fields become a patchwork quilt patched together by ant-like tractors, and people float around as if they're drowning in their daily lives.
The sea is endlessly vast, but I can see its end.
You can see the Earth, and you can see the round curve that represents tomorrow, but the Earth doesn't rotate.
I see clouds embracing the sky, I see the sun setting over the desert, and I see the sun rising over the metal masses.
Soon I will become darkness, I will become stars, and I will become the moon of those stars.
The world becomes so small, so insignificant, that I cover it with one finger.
I am a god I do not believe in.
“It’s big enough to finish off bad guys.”
--- p.280
The girl looked down at the blood on her new yellow dress, then at the piled snow, and saw footprints leading into the white field.
The girl knelt once more.
“The end is another beginning.”
The girl picked up the rifle lying next to her.
The girl no longer felt the biting chill and could no longer see the full moon.
There was no sign of stars, no red barn, no frozen lake.
In the stable, the girl saddled a gray horse and led it out.
The girl mounted her horse with one hand, holding a rifle in one hand, and, pulling on the reins, followed the footsteps.
The girl cursed herself for letting herself go, for being so captivated by the possibility of a new life.
The girl remembered anger, a hot, twisting anger.
The girl reflected on who she was.
Dutchess Day Radley.
Outlaw.
--- pp.351-352
“Outlaw.”
“What kind of person is an outlaw?”
“A person who doesn’t accept nonsense.”
“No one can bother us.
No one can laugh at us.
I will protect you.
“We share the same blood.”
--- p.435
The girl was just a footnote in the child's life, in Dolly's life, in Work's life.
It left no lasting traces, and its effects, while ugly, were fortunately short-lived.
--- p.444
Only after night fell and the moon hid behind Ataya Canyon and the driver slowed and turned off the interior lights did Duchess stop thinking about Robin.
My heart ached.
It wasn't the kind of pain you'd find in a glossy magazine someone had left on the back of a seat, but the kind that ripped out the soul, so intense that the girl had to curl up, gasp for breath, reach into her bag for a water bottle, and breathe shallowly into it.
When the driver made eye contact with the girl, there was a look of worry in his eyes, but it was a useless worry, the girl was not going to be okay.
Nothing in the girl's life was going to be okay from now on.
--- p.517
“You can’t save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.”
--- p.530
“I am the outlaw, Duchess Day Radley.
And you are the murderer Vincent King.”
“Everyone does bad things.”
“But I don’t think it can be fixed.”
--- p.130
“Sin is determined long before the act is committed.
People just don't realize it.
People think they have a choice.
Look back on the past and try to do things differently, opening and closing various doors.
But in reality, there was no such thing as a choice.”
--- p.184
“When Hal talks about things like this, I think all this beauty, all this visible stuff, must look the same to me.
Just know that those things are nothing compared to what I've seen.
This purple is… … .”
Duchess waved at Huckleberry next to him.
“It reminds me of my mother’s ribs, bruised black from being hit.
Blue water, those are my mother's eyes.
It's so clear that you can see that there's no soul left in it anymore.
“Hal might breathe in this air and think it’s fresh, but I feel a stabbing pain every time I take a breath.”
Dutchess hit her chest hard.
“I am alone.
I'll take care of my brother, and Hal will abandon us because he doesn't really care about us.
And feel free to say or not say anything you think will make me feel better.
But fuck you, Hal.
They say fuck Montana.
“The farm, the animals there, and… … .”
--- p.255
Hal closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the rain.
Then the girl saw him? A life paying the price for its mistakes, a second chance, a pitiful plea for salvation.
“I float above the house and see the slate roofs and green fields, and the fallen leaves in the gutters remind me of autumn, the changing seasons that don’t care who dies.
I'm soaring high into the sky, and Montana becomes a footnote attached to the text. The fields become a patchwork quilt patched together by ant-like tractors, and people float around as if they're drowning in their daily lives.
The sea is endlessly vast, but I can see its end.
You can see the Earth, and you can see the round curve that represents tomorrow, but the Earth doesn't rotate.
I see clouds embracing the sky, I see the sun setting over the desert, and I see the sun rising over the metal masses.
Soon I will become darkness, I will become stars, and I will become the moon of those stars.
The world becomes so small, so insignificant, that I cover it with one finger.
I am a god I do not believe in.
“It’s big enough to finish off bad guys.”
--- p.280
The girl looked down at the blood on her new yellow dress, then at the piled snow, and saw footprints leading into the white field.
The girl knelt once more.
“The end is another beginning.”
The girl picked up the rifle lying next to her.
The girl no longer felt the biting chill and could no longer see the full moon.
There was no sign of stars, no red barn, no frozen lake.
In the stable, the girl saddled a gray horse and led it out.
The girl mounted her horse with one hand, holding a rifle in one hand, and, pulling on the reins, followed the footsteps.
The girl cursed herself for letting herself go, for being so captivated by the possibility of a new life.
The girl remembered anger, a hot, twisting anger.
The girl reflected on who she was.
Dutchess Day Radley.
Outlaw.
--- pp.351-352
“Outlaw.”
“What kind of person is an outlaw?”
“A person who doesn’t accept nonsense.”
“No one can bother us.
No one can laugh at us.
I will protect you.
“We share the same blood.”
--- p.435
The girl was just a footnote in the child's life, in Dolly's life, in Work's life.
It left no lasting traces, and its effects, while ugly, were fortunately short-lived.
--- p.444
Only after night fell and the moon hid behind Ataya Canyon and the driver slowed and turned off the interior lights did Duchess stop thinking about Robin.
My heart ached.
It wasn't the kind of pain you'd find in a glossy magazine someone had left on the back of a seat, but the kind that ripped out the soul, so intense that the girl had to curl up, gasp for breath, reach into her bag for a water bottle, and breathe shallowly into it.
When the driver made eye contact with the girl, there was a look of worry in his eyes, but it was a useless worry, the girl was not going to be okay.
Nothing in the girl's life was going to be okay from now on.
--- p.517
“You can’t save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.”
--- p.530
“I am the outlaw, Duchess Day Radley.
And you are the murderer Vincent King.”
--- p.542
Publisher's Review
“My Sin, My Hero, My Murderer”
A girl raised in the arms of evil and a murderer who becomes her final salvation.
Is their meeting fateful or fateful?
The best crime drama of 2025, as proven by 36,000 reader reviews!
★Highly recommended by criminal psychologist Pyo Chang-won and novelist Seo Mi-ae
★Winner of the Gold Dagger Award, Sixton Crime Novel of the Year Award, and Ned Kelly International Award
★New York Times Bestseller
★Disney+ series production confirmed
“A Wonderful Book” (B.
A. Paris, author of The Therapist) “A sweeping, moving narrative” (The New York Times), “A beautifully written, monumental novel” (The Sunday Times), “Enchanting and breathtakingly suspenseful” (Oprah Winfrey Magazine), and more. My Little Outlaw, which swept the Gold Dagger Award, the Sixton Crime Novel of the Year Award, and the Ned Kelly International Award in its first year of publication, is now published by Wisdom House.
"My Little Outlaw," which boasted a splendid and magnificent performance, won the Bookstore Award for Translated Novel immediately after its publication in Japan in 2023, and then once again garnered attention from the global media when its film adaptation on Disney+ was confirmed.
"My Little Outlaw" not only skillfully crosses over various genres, including crime, thriller, and western, but also fully reveals the charm of a "Charles Dickens-style narrative" through the story of Duchess, a thirteen-year-old girl who faces a tragic fate with a determined attitude.
As countless reader reviews attest, the girl's journey truly resonates with "a pain and a profound nostalgia that permeates every page" that "no words can suffice," and makes readers wish "that Oliver Twist found a home, or that Dicey Tillerman found a family, or that all the lost children we encounter in literature found a place to settle down" (The New York Times).
Novelist Seo Mi-ae said, “I wanted to write a story that makes you think about it for several days,” and criminal psychologist Pyo Chang-won praised the book as “a classy crime novel that invades your head and heart and stays for a long time.”
The Birth of Oliver Twist in the 21st Century
The hard-boiled life of a thirteen-year-old girl who started at the end
Published in 1837, Oliver Twist is Charles Dickens's masterpiece and a textbook coming-of-age novel that depicts the difficult life of a boy from the slums.
In "My Little Outlaw," which follows in Oliver's footsteps of growing up on her own in a miserable environment, but is reinterpreted for today's times, Duchess is a girl who chose to become an outlaw out of hatred for the damned world and a mission to protect her innocent younger brother.
Cape Haven, a sheltered promontory where sunlight beautifully falls over sheer cliffs.
Police Chief Work's clock there has been stopped for 30 years since fifteen-year-old Vincent King was sentenced to adult prison for murdering a child named Sissy Radley.
If there's one thing that makes me walk like that, it's Star Radley, the deceased Sissy's older sister and childhood friend, and her children.
Duchess, who has matured beyond her years in order to protect her younger brother Robin from her mother who is addicted to alcohol and drugs, is on edge when she hears that the murderer 'Vincent King' is returning from prison.
Then one day, Duchess finds himself in a desperate situation while trying to help his mother who is involved in a physical altercation with a large man, and is confronted by the shadow of another man standing outside the door.
The sight of the murderer, “with countless new, swollen wounds crisscrossing his body”… … .
As a harsh sandstorm blows through the life of a girl who should be bright, and she crosses the streets bound by the chains of revenge, the prelude to a tragedy she thought was over begins again, can she survive the cruel whirlpool of fate that could change with a single mistake?
“I felt like I was sharing in the anger and pain as I turned the pages.” _Seo Mi-ae
A story of multiple bullets fired with the trigger pulled and salvation missed.
Vincent King is imprisoned again as a murder suspect.
The charge was 'the murder of Star Radley'.
Duchess, suppressing her seething desire for revenge against Vincent and the world, is left with her younger brother Robin in the care of her grandfather, Hal, whom she has never met.
On Hal's farm, so vast it almost seems barren, Duchess learns to be a true outlaw, munching on huckleberries that "remind me of my mother's ribs, blackened and bruised from being beaten."
However, “the writer’s skill in dealing with the impact of a single incident on people for a long time and in depth” tenaciously illuminates Duchess, who lives in stomach-churning pain while being extremely wary of a life of comfort, and when another unexpected tragedy strikes, the girl takes her gun, which is like a keepsake, and sets out to find ‘him.’
A cold lump of lead in the hands of a thirteen-year-old child.
Will the bullet of revenge fired by outlaw Duchess Ray Radley fly and save the girl?
"A must-read for anyone looking for a quality crime novel." _Pyo Chang-won
The first full-length novel in Korea by the devilishly talented novelist Chris Whitaker
Chris Whittaker, whose debut novel, Tall Oaks, won the John Creasey Award for New Writer, has been a hit with every book he publishes. His latest, All the Colors of the Dark, has won Book of the Year awards from Amazon, Waterstones, Audible, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, and other publications. He is a novelist of demonic talent.
On the other hand, his life, as he confessed in the preface to the Korean edition of “My Little Outlaw,” was by no means smooth.
A man who was stabbed by a robber at the age of nineteen, suffered from insomnia and drug addiction, and was $2 million in debt from bad trading at the age of twenty-four.
It was none other than 'writing' that saved him from the suicide he was thinking about, throwing the antidepressants his psychiatrist had given him into the trash.
“For the first time in years, I went back to Montana.
I wanted to go back to the point where I was writing and see how that fragile girl was doing.
Writing saved my life.
“When nothing else helped, writing helped me, giving me the foundation and purpose I needed.” _From “Coming Out - To Korean Readers”
"My Little Outlaw" is "a story about mistakes, about getting back up and taking one step at a time," and "above all, a story about forgiving those who have hurt us."
How believable is the story that the author created by pouring his heart of 'must live' into every page?
I guarantee that even those who were hesitant about the 600-page book will understand it after turning just one page.
The fact that you will not be able to take your eyes off the raging events, that you will never be able to put them down, and that you will feel an uncontrollable catharsis from the emotions that well up in you.
Author's Note for the Korean Edition
One day, while I was handing out flyers, I encountered a robber.
At that time I was nineteen.
It was an age when the line between bravery and foolishness could easily feel blurred.
Then the man took out a knife.
The man stabbed me in the side twice.
I still have that scar.
I haven't been able to sleep since then.
I didn't eat much.
I went to see a doctor and he prescribed me some antidepressants.
I threw it in the trash.
Writing saved my life.
Writing helped me when nothing else helped, giving me the foundation and purpose I needed.
My Little Outlaw is a greater accomplishment for me than anything else.
Because my heart is in every page.
Because I poured my experiences of trying to live in the shadow of the past into this story.
This story is both extremely broad and extremely personal.
So on the one hand, it's a crime novel that looks at revenge and what consequences it can have, but on the other hand, it's so much more than that.
It's a book about first love, self-sacrifice, the concepts of good and evil, and the gray areas in between.
It's a story about a girl who struggles to survive each day and a police officer who is overly obsessed with the past.
It's a story about mistakes, and it's also a story about getting back up and taking one step at a time.
And above all, this book is about forgiving ourselves and those who have hurt us.
I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am that you decided to read this book.
You have no idea how much that means to me.
A girl raised in the arms of evil and a murderer who becomes her final salvation.
Is their meeting fateful or fateful?
The best crime drama of 2025, as proven by 36,000 reader reviews!
★Highly recommended by criminal psychologist Pyo Chang-won and novelist Seo Mi-ae
★Winner of the Gold Dagger Award, Sixton Crime Novel of the Year Award, and Ned Kelly International Award
★New York Times Bestseller
★Disney+ series production confirmed
“A Wonderful Book” (B.
A. Paris, author of The Therapist) “A sweeping, moving narrative” (The New York Times), “A beautifully written, monumental novel” (The Sunday Times), “Enchanting and breathtakingly suspenseful” (Oprah Winfrey Magazine), and more. My Little Outlaw, which swept the Gold Dagger Award, the Sixton Crime Novel of the Year Award, and the Ned Kelly International Award in its first year of publication, is now published by Wisdom House.
"My Little Outlaw," which boasted a splendid and magnificent performance, won the Bookstore Award for Translated Novel immediately after its publication in Japan in 2023, and then once again garnered attention from the global media when its film adaptation on Disney+ was confirmed.
"My Little Outlaw" not only skillfully crosses over various genres, including crime, thriller, and western, but also fully reveals the charm of a "Charles Dickens-style narrative" through the story of Duchess, a thirteen-year-old girl who faces a tragic fate with a determined attitude.
As countless reader reviews attest, the girl's journey truly resonates with "a pain and a profound nostalgia that permeates every page" that "no words can suffice," and makes readers wish "that Oliver Twist found a home, or that Dicey Tillerman found a family, or that all the lost children we encounter in literature found a place to settle down" (The New York Times).
Novelist Seo Mi-ae said, “I wanted to write a story that makes you think about it for several days,” and criminal psychologist Pyo Chang-won praised the book as “a classy crime novel that invades your head and heart and stays for a long time.”
The Birth of Oliver Twist in the 21st Century
The hard-boiled life of a thirteen-year-old girl who started at the end
Published in 1837, Oliver Twist is Charles Dickens's masterpiece and a textbook coming-of-age novel that depicts the difficult life of a boy from the slums.
In "My Little Outlaw," which follows in Oliver's footsteps of growing up on her own in a miserable environment, but is reinterpreted for today's times, Duchess is a girl who chose to become an outlaw out of hatred for the damned world and a mission to protect her innocent younger brother.
Cape Haven, a sheltered promontory where sunlight beautifully falls over sheer cliffs.
Police Chief Work's clock there has been stopped for 30 years since fifteen-year-old Vincent King was sentenced to adult prison for murdering a child named Sissy Radley.
If there's one thing that makes me walk like that, it's Star Radley, the deceased Sissy's older sister and childhood friend, and her children.
Duchess, who has matured beyond her years in order to protect her younger brother Robin from her mother who is addicted to alcohol and drugs, is on edge when she hears that the murderer 'Vincent King' is returning from prison.
Then one day, Duchess finds himself in a desperate situation while trying to help his mother who is involved in a physical altercation with a large man, and is confronted by the shadow of another man standing outside the door.
The sight of the murderer, “with countless new, swollen wounds crisscrossing his body”… … .
As a harsh sandstorm blows through the life of a girl who should be bright, and she crosses the streets bound by the chains of revenge, the prelude to a tragedy she thought was over begins again, can she survive the cruel whirlpool of fate that could change with a single mistake?
“I felt like I was sharing in the anger and pain as I turned the pages.” _Seo Mi-ae
A story of multiple bullets fired with the trigger pulled and salvation missed.
Vincent King is imprisoned again as a murder suspect.
The charge was 'the murder of Star Radley'.
Duchess, suppressing her seething desire for revenge against Vincent and the world, is left with her younger brother Robin in the care of her grandfather, Hal, whom she has never met.
On Hal's farm, so vast it almost seems barren, Duchess learns to be a true outlaw, munching on huckleberries that "remind me of my mother's ribs, blackened and bruised from being beaten."
However, “the writer’s skill in dealing with the impact of a single incident on people for a long time and in depth” tenaciously illuminates Duchess, who lives in stomach-churning pain while being extremely wary of a life of comfort, and when another unexpected tragedy strikes, the girl takes her gun, which is like a keepsake, and sets out to find ‘him.’
A cold lump of lead in the hands of a thirteen-year-old child.
Will the bullet of revenge fired by outlaw Duchess Ray Radley fly and save the girl?
"A must-read for anyone looking for a quality crime novel." _Pyo Chang-won
The first full-length novel in Korea by the devilishly talented novelist Chris Whitaker
Chris Whittaker, whose debut novel, Tall Oaks, won the John Creasey Award for New Writer, has been a hit with every book he publishes. His latest, All the Colors of the Dark, has won Book of the Year awards from Amazon, Waterstones, Audible, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, and other publications. He is a novelist of demonic talent.
On the other hand, his life, as he confessed in the preface to the Korean edition of “My Little Outlaw,” was by no means smooth.
A man who was stabbed by a robber at the age of nineteen, suffered from insomnia and drug addiction, and was $2 million in debt from bad trading at the age of twenty-four.
It was none other than 'writing' that saved him from the suicide he was thinking about, throwing the antidepressants his psychiatrist had given him into the trash.
“For the first time in years, I went back to Montana.
I wanted to go back to the point where I was writing and see how that fragile girl was doing.
Writing saved my life.
“When nothing else helped, writing helped me, giving me the foundation and purpose I needed.” _From “Coming Out - To Korean Readers”
"My Little Outlaw" is "a story about mistakes, about getting back up and taking one step at a time," and "above all, a story about forgiving those who have hurt us."
How believable is the story that the author created by pouring his heart of 'must live' into every page?
I guarantee that even those who were hesitant about the 600-page book will understand it after turning just one page.
The fact that you will not be able to take your eyes off the raging events, that you will never be able to put them down, and that you will feel an uncontrollable catharsis from the emotions that well up in you.
Author's Note for the Korean Edition
One day, while I was handing out flyers, I encountered a robber.
At that time I was nineteen.
It was an age when the line between bravery and foolishness could easily feel blurred.
Then the man took out a knife.
The man stabbed me in the side twice.
I still have that scar.
I haven't been able to sleep since then.
I didn't eat much.
I went to see a doctor and he prescribed me some antidepressants.
I threw it in the trash.
Writing saved my life.
Writing helped me when nothing else helped, giving me the foundation and purpose I needed.
My Little Outlaw is a greater accomplishment for me than anything else.
Because my heart is in every page.
Because I poured my experiences of trying to live in the shadow of the past into this story.
This story is both extremely broad and extremely personal.
So on the one hand, it's a crime novel that looks at revenge and what consequences it can have, but on the other hand, it's so much more than that.
It's a book about first love, self-sacrifice, the concepts of good and evil, and the gray areas in between.
It's a story about a girl who struggles to survive each day and a police officer who is overly obsessed with the past.
It's a story about mistakes, and it's also a story about getting back up and taking one step at a time.
And above all, this book is about forgiving ourselves and those who have hurt us.
I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am that you decided to read this book.
You have no idea how much that means to me.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: February 19, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 572 pages | 658g | 130*210*28mm
- ISBN13: 9791171713721
- ISBN10: 117171372X
You may also like
카테고리
korean
korean
![ELLE 엘르 스페셜 에디션 A형 : 12월 [2025]](http://librairie.coreenne.fr/cdn/shop/files/b8e27a3de6c9538896439686c6b0e8fb.jpg?v=1766436872&width=3840)
