Our Twisted Hero is a South Korean novel written by Yi Munyol. It was first published by World Literature (hangul:세계의 문학) on June, 1987. Yi Munyol was awarded the 1987 Yi Sang Literary Award for the novel. This book was a big hit in South Korea and was even later made into the 1992 film adaptation, Our Twisted Hero, directed by Park Jongwon.
It has been translated into English by Kevin O'Rourke, and published by Hyperion East in 2001.
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