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Beauty can be the cruellest monster ... By the South Korean phenomenon, author of the acclaimed The New Seoul Jelly Park Massacre'Cho Yeeun is an insanely amazing writer' BORA CHUNG, author of CURSED BUNNY___________She inherited an abandoned aquarium. She never expected to find a mermaid waiting inside. After her estranged uncle dies under horrifying circumstances, Seonhye inherits his forgotten aquarium on a backstreet in Seoul. Hidden in the basement lies a secret menagerie of creatures. At its heart is one singular captive: a wounded mermaid whose song is so beautiful it becomes impossible to resist. As Seonhye nurses the creature back to health, her old life begins to slip away. Friends become strangers. Music becomes obsession. And her uncle's journals reveal the terrible price he paid to protect the voice that now calls only to her. A haunting Korean horror fable about love, longing and the sonorous beauty of being truly heard. CHO YEEUN is South Korea's most celebrated writer of dream-like, genre-bending stories. Thrilling and ethereal, A Mouth Full of Fins dares to tread the blurred line between our greatest dreams and our greatest nightmares. Readers love A MOUTH FULL OF FINS:'It makes you want to swim willingly into death' *****'Like watching a film. So enjoyable' *****'It really stimulates the imagination. I found myself hearing the mermaid's voice. Finished it one day' *****