THE KOREAN WARLORD AND THE IRISH YANK

About the Book

It is October 1979, Seoul, Korea. President Pak is trying to stifle democratic rumblings from the opposition. The students are on a rampage, the tycoons are anxious and the Americans are getting very nervous. Lee Pil-soo, former KCIA chief, is about to launch a conspiracy that will ignite the brewing turmoil. Into this cauldron will be thrown one Patrick Casey, boozer, brawler, ex-Peace Corps Volunteer. Casey’s linguistic gifts will place him squarely in the middle of a tug-of-war between the CIA and the KCIA in the murderous season of autumn.

About the Author

Paul Luchessa went to Korea in 1978 and taught English at Korean universities for sixteen years. His first book about Korea, Women, of Uneasy Virtue, was published in 2000 by Xlibris. He is also the author of a book of travel stories, Squalor and Splendor (iUniverse). Paul grew up in the San Francisco bay area, graduated from Harvard in 1968, and received a teaching degree from the University of London in 1984.