What do you recommend?

“The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson. Yes, I know I’m late to the party. Simple words, short paragraphs, stunning depth of character and scene. A hero who kills and kidnaps people. And yet the reader is with him from the beginning, because he’s the one decent guy in North Korea. How does Johnson do this? I really don’t know, but I put down the book I was writing to read his.”

Neely Tucker, author of Murder D.C. and The Ways of the Dead

This story was originally published August 7, 2015 at 12:07 PM with the headline "What do you recommend?."