A provocative hilariously savage and poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min to be
published posthumously about a daughter's revenge on the man whom she believes drove her
mother to her death . . . and nothing goes as planned. The rain has made everything cold and
damp and it's the perfect evening for Kyoko to exact her revenge. After years of rage and
grief over her mother's death Kyoko has decided who is to blame: a man named Daniel a fellow
violinist who had wooed her mother Emi during their time together in an orchestra and then
dropped her - driving her to her death. Kyoko follows the unsuspecting Daniel home and manages
to get her rash kidnapping plot off the ground . . . and really what could go wrong? The
Fetishist is the story of three people - Kyoko a young singer in a punk band who cannot find
enough ways to channel her angry sorrow Daniel a seemingly hapless man who finally faces the
wreckage of his past and Alma the love of Daniel's life long adored for her beauty and
talent but who spends her final days examining if she was ever truly loved. It's a beautiful
piercing and timely story that confronts race ideals of femininity complicity and visibility.
Written and completed before the celebrated author's death in 2019 it's startlingly relevant
and prescient as wise and powerful as it is utterly moving.
