6/5/2023 0 Comments The incendiaries by ro kwon![]() He has an enigmatic past that involves North Korea and Phoebe’s Korean American family. Grieving and guilt-ridden, Phoebe is increasingly drawn into a religious group–a secretive extremist cult–founded by a charismatic former student, John Leal. What he knows for sure is that he loves Phoebe. Will is a misfit scholarship boy who transfers to Edwards from Bible college, waiting tables to get by. Phoebe is a glamorous girl who doesn’t tell anyone she blames herself for her mother’s recent death. Phoebe Lin and Will Kendall meet their first month at prestigious Edwards University. _ _ _ _ _Ī powerful, darkly glittering novel about violence, love, faith and loss, as a young Korean American woman at an elite American university is drawn into acts of domestic terrorism by a cult tied to North Korea. ‘ The Incendiaries packs a disruptive charge, and introduces R. ![]() ‘ A sharp, little novel as hard to ignore as a splinter in your eye‘ WASHINGTON POST ![]() Kwon explores the lines between faith and fanaticism, passion and violence, the rational and the unknowable’ CELESTE NG Kwon’s novel, a straight, slow-burning fuse‘ VIET THANH NGUYEN Everyone should read this book’ GARTH GREENWELL ![]()
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