A novel by Marc Archambault

A rising tide of regret and loneliness propelled Taylor Mackey out of his dull Maryland life and into a teaching job in South Korea. He enjoys his work at the Happy Ding-Dong Academy and has a great friend in the alcoholic and unemployed Hyong-nim. His biggest problems are his boss, the mercurial and mean-spirited Reuben, and the absence of any romantic interests in his life. These collide when Taylor meets So-young. So-young is sweet and beautiful, sassy and fluent in English; she is also Reuben's concubine. The secretive romance that develops challenges culture and convention and drives Reuben into a dangerous rage. ROUNDEYE is a story of an outsider trying to understand the inner mysteries of another people and another person. It's also a story of regrets and how Taylor moves past them and into an appreciation of what life has given, even as it takes it away.

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