LOVE, POLITICS, AND COMPLACENCY
CHALLENGED IN NEW NOVEL YOUNG SONG

Was WMD hyped to justify war in Iraq? Are such prevarications new for government?
You won't believe that was a regrettable, one-time event if you read the new novel of the Korean
Reconstruction Era, Young Song (the heroine's name).
A true-love story and a not-quite-love story are combined with once-hidden information regarding the past-and-current political problems of the two Koreas. Add the perennial political problems with some State Department decisions that fly in the face of the facts…stir gently…and you get this disturbing, but fascinating new novel.
Fictitious but based in fact, Young Song also reprints a series of newspaper articles published in 1959 regarding Rhee's South Korea. Those articles (now seen to be accurate) were essentially ignored because they were contrary to the official version. The fact of such ignoring of facts has a bearing on Korea, China, Iraq, Pakistan, and other past/future political-problem areas, as well. The author was stationed in Korea for more than a year during the late-50s and writes from experience.
Those article reprints have been factored into the story of the novel (during four decades of corruption scandals in the South Korean government) their viewpoint was validated. Our government's official version avoids discussing American complicity in creating the current problems with North Korea for economic considerations, not merely anti-communism.
Whether you are more interested in a rollicking good read, a two-tissue love story, or a lamentable insight on American diplomatic problems worldwide, you'll find it in Young Song, newly published (177 pages) and available now from www.1stBooks.com or your local bookseller.

Ed Note: Political implications alone might justify your inclusion of this release. If you are possibly interested in reviewing the novel itself, call the author (310/671-7262) for a review copy (specify book, gallery, or author's manuscript on disk: WP-8 or RTF).