Description: This book is one of the long masterpieces of Kim Won-il, a famous contemporary Korean writer. The novel continues Kim's quest to understand the relationship between personal destiny and social environment. The story centers on Kang Jae-pil, the "social scum" of Korea at the time, who is like a scorpion. Despite the progress of Korean society, the economic boom, and the betterment of people's lives, he is always struggling in the wet, dark muck. Drug addiction, fighting, involvement in gangs, committing kidnappings, thirty-five year old Kang Jae Pil has spent seven years in prison, and not only him, but his father, grandfather, the entire three generations of Kang's family have been cursed as if their fates were cursed ......
