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A review by thepoptimist
The Boy Who Escaped Paradise by J. M. Lee
4.0
We’re introduced to our protagonist as he’s being held in New York for murder. He’s got a rap sheet that finds him wanted by Interpol for drug smuggling, money laundering, mass murder, stock manipulation and spying for his North Korean home. If that’s not enough, he’s found at the murder scene, blood on his hands, covering the room in strange symbols.
An interrogator is brought in to unravel how a North Korean ended up traversing the world to end up in New York. It’s here we find that Gilmo has Aspergers and is some sort of mathematical savant. From there author J.M Lee serves up a bit of Forrest Gump meets The Hundred-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. It’s a pulpy romp that screams to be made into a movie. An easy distracting read.
An interrogator is brought in to unravel how a North Korean ended up traversing the world to end up in New York. It’s here we find that Gilmo has Aspergers and is some sort of mathematical savant. From there author J.M Lee serves up a bit of Forrest Gump meets The Hundred-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. It’s a pulpy romp that screams to be made into a movie. An easy distracting read.