March 1919. Far-flung Korean patriots establish the Korean Provisional Government to protest
the Japanese occupation of their country. This government-in-exile proves mostly symbolic its
petitions ignored by heads of state as Korea's nationhood is erased. After Japan's defeat in
World War II the KPG dissolves and civil war erupts resulting in the North-South split that
remains today. But what if the KPG still existed now today-working toward a unified Korea
secretly harnessing the might of a giant tech company to further its aims? That's the
outrageous premise of Same Bed Different Dreams which spins Korean history American pop
culture and our tech-fraught lives into an extraordinary and unforgettable novel. Weaving
together three distinct narrative voices Park twists reality like a kaleidoscope forging
connections and reinterpreting the past. Early on we meet Soon Sheen who works at the
sprawling international technology company GLOAT and comes into possession of an unfinished
book authored by the KPG. The manuscript is a mysterious revisionist history tying famous
names and obscure bit players to the KPG's grand project. This strange manuscript links
together figures from architect-poet Yi Sang to Jack London to Marilyn Monroe. M*A*S*H is in
here too and the Moonies and a history of violence extending from the assassination of
President McKinley to the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007--
