![]() ![]() Sujin wants to be a part of it all, for the money. Nondescript signs hang above darkened stairways, leading to underground worlds where men pay to act like bloated kings. From the outside, they are nearly invisible. I’d never heard of room salons before I met Kyuri, but now that I know what to look for, I see one on every side street. Sujin has told me how much these men pay a night to have girls like Kyuri sit next to them and pour them liquor, and it’s taken me a long time to believe her. Men bring their clients there to discuss business in long dark rooms with marble tables. Kyuri works at Ajax, the most expensive room salon in Nonhyeon. It is late and we are drinking soju in little paper cups. Drunk men in suits stumble by, contemplating where to go for their next round of drinks. She has invited Kyuri from across the hall to our tiny apartment, and the three of us are sitting on the floor in a little triangle, looking out the window over our bar-dotted street. Sujin is hell-bent on becoming a room salon girl. ![]() Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.īALLANTINE and the HOUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.īook design by Jen Valero, adapted for ebookĬover image: © Jingna Zhang/Trunk Archive Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. ![]()
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