This week, we read The Disaster Tourist by South Korean writer Yun Ko-eun, her first novel to be translated into English.  Labeled by reviewers as a literary thriller, eco-thriller, and political thriller, James found it more disastrous than thrilling.  But can the novel's ideas rescue it from the recycle bin of disappointing literature?

For our series on Rich Country | Poor Country, we will read and discuss three novels: Yun Ko-eun's The Disaster Tourist Jun 3 - 17, Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer Jun 24 - Jul 8, and Abdulrazak Gurnah's Paradise.

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