Ronnie Kim was born without hope, a pathetic piece of flotsam tossed by the surging tide of the Korean war. His father was a U.S. Army colonel who left Korea soon after Ronnie's birth to return to the solider comfort of a wife and two legitimate children back home. Ronnie's mother was a puffy, ailing, gold-toothed Korean woman well on in years. After a year of vain efforts to keep Ronnie clothed and fed on the profits of prostitution, she died of malnutrition and tuberculosis.
Ronnie passed into the hands of indifferent relatives. When...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
