{"product_id":"9781898823292","title":"Magnolia: A Novel","description":"South Korea 1957. Sukey, an intelligent graduate with much promise, falls in love with a man, Kwon, who confesses to her that he has been a North Korean spy. It is four years since the Korean War ended in a cease-fire (having started on 25 June 1950). Even though fighting is suspended, hostility and enmity towards the North is the social norm. With anti-spy campaigns, street and hotel searches, and arrests of any suspect, citizens are urged to be vigilant and to report on any suspicious goings-on. When Sukey takes on Kwon as her lover, she has little idea of what it will be like to keep an ex-spy hidden away from society, her family and friends. Her world changes overnight, and within a few months she is reduced to a nervous wreck…","brand":"Renaissance Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174845038832,"sku":"9781898823292","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781898823292_p0.jpg?v=1763611126","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781898823292","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}