Already a bestseller in Korea, Love in the Big City is a big-hearted, side-eyed coming-of-age story told through the escapades and relationships of early adulthood in Seoul. There is nightlife glitz and morning after blear, queer life, familial expectations, deep friendships, and failed loves. Park creates ease and intimacy in his work, full of wry humor, a writerly introspection, and a light finger on the nerve of youthful excess, suffering, and delight.—Melinda