Holy Boy

‘Yosep was the only thing in the world, and Yosep’s pain was the world’s pain . . . ‘

Yosep is the passion of everyone’s dreams. An impossibly beautiful K-Pop idol who inspires religious mania among his millions of fans, he seems so perfect he might not be of this world at all. Sacred, angelic: a Holy Boy.

His devoted followers come to find companionship in their shared obsession. From adoring fans Mihee and Nami, Heeae, who has a mysterious connection to Yosep’s past, to Ahnna, the darkly fanatical ringleader of the group. Each wish to possess Yosep more than the other; save him, protect him, from the shackles of fame. But together, they might be able to achieve it.

As their fixation spirals into delusion, secrets come to light and shocking acts are committed. How far will they go to claim what they desire? Deceit? Kidnap? Murder?

A sensational Korean literary thriller about the dangerous compulsion to possess, Lee Heejoo’s Holy Boy is a darkly subversive, electric-shock of a novel.

Author Biography

Lee Heejoo was born in Seoul in 1992 and graduated from the Korean literature department at Chung-Ang University. She started her writing career winning the Munhakdongne University Novel Award with her debut Phantom Limb Pain in 2016. She is also the author of the Love World series, novel Holy Boy, and the short story “Mayumi”. Holy Boy is her first novel translated into English.