{"product_id":"9781681772936","title":"The Boy Who Escaped Paradise: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn astonishing story of the mysteries, truths, and deceptions that follow the odyssey of Ahn Gil­mo, a young math savant, as he escapes from the most isolated country in the world and searches for the only family he has left\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn unidentified body is discovered in New York City, with numbers and symbols are written in blood near the corpse. Gil­mo, a North Korean national who interprets the world through numbers, formulas, and mathematical theories, is arrested on the spot. Angela, a CIA operative, is assigned to gain his trust and access his unique thought-process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe enigmatic Gil­mo used to have a quiet life back in Pyongyang. But when his father, a preeminent doctor is discovered to be a secret Christian, he is subsequently incarcerated along with Gilmo, in a political prison overseen by a harsh, cruel warden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere, Gilmo meets the spirited Yeong-ae, who becomes his only friend. When Yeong-­ae manages to escape, Gil­mo flees to track her down. He uses his peculiar gifts to navigate betrayal and the criminal underworld of east Asia—a world wholly alien to everything he's ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Boy Who Escaped Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e, celebrated author J. M. Lee delves into a hidden world filled with vivid characters trapped by ideology, greed, and despair. Gil­mo's saga forces the reader to question the line between good and evil, truth and falsehood, captivity and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130875920624,"sku":"9781681772936","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681772936_p0.jpg?v=1763694525","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681772936","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}