Teddy Bears Never Die

'The perfect mix of horror and heart' - Kylie Lee Baker, author of BAT EATER

'A grotesque, hilarious and heart-felt romp' - Bitter Karella, author of MOONFLOW

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The horrormance genre mash-up you've been waiting for - from the award-winning Korean author Cho Yeeun comes a new novel where a young girl and a teddy bear team up to enact revenge!

A poisoned city - A grieving daughter - A boy trapped in a bear's body.

When the fledgling coastal town of Yamu is rocked by a mass-poisoning attack at The Seaview Parc, the luxury high-rise meant to revitalise the city, Hwayoung is one of many who lost family members. Except, she has never believed that her mother was poisoned. Now, fuelled by grief and a desire for revenge, Hwayoung spends her time hustling to save every penny and bring those responsible to justice.

Across town, Doha wakes up in a teddy bear and realizes something sinister has taken his body. When fate brings Hwayoung and Doha together, the two team up for a revenge quest that will shake the city's shiny façade to its rotten core.

This time, revenge is not just personal - it's supernatural.

** Translated from the Korean by Sung Ryu **

More praise for TEDDY BEARS NEVER DIE:

'Cho Yeeun's ability to balance sheer bloody wackiness with genuinely touching moments of friendship against all odds is absolutely singular' - Megan Bontrager, author of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD

'A savagely entertaining revenge tale that charges forward on a knife's edge, Teddy Bears Never Die pairs brutal social satire with a charming yet tragic supernatural companion. Elevated by Sung Ryu's sure-footed translation, Cho Yeeun infuses her signature dark, grotesque imagination into Korea's sense of han to tell a story about violence that festers under unresolved injustice.' - Jinwoo Park, author of OXFORD SOJU CLUB

'This book made sense to me. It feels really weird to say this but in an extremely unhinged way, everything made sense. I know this world. Some of it is actually bits and pieces of my own life and the rest is everything I've only dreamed of. Cho Yeeun is amazing. Insanely amazing. I hope she'd kill them all. Literally and figuratively. Mostly literally.' - Bora Chung, author of THE MIDNIGHT TIMETABLE

'Teddy Bears Never Die is the epitome of Cho Yeeun's hallmark style of combining fantastical genre-based storytelling with keen insight into contemporary social issues, aided this time by Sung Ryu, the finest Korean translator in the world.' -Anton Hur, author of TOWARD ETERNITY