A review by jessicaesquire
The Investigation by Jung-Myung Lee

3.0

At first I thought this was a Japanese novel, but it's actually Korean. It's set in a Japanese prison with several Korean inmates, a piece of history I hadn't known about. At first this book seems like a crime novel, but it's actually about poetry and empathy. It can be a little tricky keeping tabs of the two parallel storylines, but it was quite beautiful. A great book for lovers of books and poetry.