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Perhaps the best part of the novel is McMillan s ability to paint Seoul in such a vivid way that he makes everything tangible. The sights, the smells and the tastes are all laid out for the reader so that they seem completely real. Then add McMillan s great appreciation for both the good and shadier aspects of Korean culture. The book s ingredients create a delicious literary dish that is not for those who are overly PC and want a main character that is holier than thou because Brodie is morally flawed. But it s his flaws which make him real and more human. --Groove Korea magazine
McMillan, a Scots photo-journalist who has spent a large part of his life based in the Far East and who still lives part of the year in Bangkok, has produced the kind of hard-boiled thriller that would normally have attracted the attention of big publishers looking for the next Len Deighton. Perhaps because McMillan s prose style is a little more demanding than that, they ve been reluctant to take a risk but they might just have missed a trick here. Photojournalist Alec Brodie, is on his uppers in London. He accepts a job offer from the President of Korean-based firm K-N Group to take commercial photographs for a new project. I was surprised the world-weary Brodie didn t smell a rat with this one as the stench was almost overpowering, but perhaps his history with the country and the women he was once involved with there, have been enough to reel him in. An unusual setting with an authentic feel makes for a superior thriller. --Scottish Review of Books
McMillan, a Scots photo-journalist who has spent a large part of his life based in the Far East and who still lives part of the year in Bangkok, has produced the kind of hard-boiled thriller that would normally have attracted the attention of big publishers looking for the next Len Deighton. Perhaps because McMillan s prose style is a little more demanding than that, they ve been reluctant to take a risk but they might just have missed a trick here. Photojournalist Alec Brodie, is on his uppers in London. He accepts a job offer from the President of Korean-based firm K-N Group to take commercial photographs for a new project. I was surprised the world-weary Brodie didn t smell a rat with this one as the stench was almost overpowering, but perhaps his history with the country and the women he was once involved with there, have been enough to reel him in. An unusual setting with an authentic feel makes for a superior thriller. --Scottish Review of Books
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Alec Brodie kicked around South Korea for years, making his name as a photojournalist but blowing his money the moment he got his hands on it. A decade later, in London, things are no better but just as the creditors are closing in a fat commercial assignment arrives from the K-N Group in Korea. In Seoul he bumps into his old lover, Jung-hwa, now married to one of K-N s senior executives. Brodie finds the Seoul low life as congenial as ever, not least the beautiful hooker, Miss Hong. About the time he discovers he is part of an enormous corporate scam he receives a ghoulish package. Miss Hong has been murdered, Brodie is the prime suspect, and in Korea the maximum penalty for murder is death. With the police on his tail and his face in the news his only hope is to go after K-N's senior management. There s no easy way out of this, and still his relationship with Jung-hwa to be resolved. Brodie is on the run, alone in a strange land but perhaps not completely alone.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Don't give this book to your toddler or your maiden aunt. Your toddler'll just chew it cos it's a got a bright and intriguing cover. Your maiden aunt won't give it back, cos it's un-put-downable. McMillan has written a tough-as-you-like, hardboiled, gripping thriller with a sense of place that makes you feel like you're right in the room, in the bed, on the train, in the fight. It's not remotely PC, and all the better for it. What would you do if you were a hard-drinking Scots photographer with a penchant for easy money and easier women, if somebody framed you for murder in the Korean corporate jungle? Could you dig yourself out of the mess that Alec Brodie's got himself into? From a beautifully-written, gentle travel narrative to this bag of dynamite and chillis. Let's hope that McMillan doesn't turn his polymorphous talents to a cookery book next. We want more Brodie. And we want it now...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Alex Brodie is a down at heel photojournalist fiddling his time away in London while wishing he could be back in Seoul. When we learn what he's been missing we (us chaps) understand why. A job comes up back there - apparently out of the blue but you know how these things go, there is more to it than meets the eye - he can't resist. Before too long Brodie is up to his earlobes in 5 star hotels, beautiful prostitutes, suspicious photoshoots, and serious trouble. His old lover Jung-hwa makes things no easier for him and stirs up a lot of old regrets. Can there be a future for them, even just for him? Yin Yang Tattoo is peopled with great characters. Not just Brodie himself, but also Naz, his lesbian personal assistant; sexy Miss Hong; the very nasty Schwarz; lovely, confused Rose who has gone rather astray in life, the extremely, wealthy Mr Cho; and Detective Kwok who likes nothing more than to hit Brodie with a length of rubber hose. What really sets this book apart though, are the descriptions of a city which the author obviously knows like the back of his hand. The sights, smells, feels, customs, colour, high and low life of Seoul rise authentically from the page. File beside Stieg Larsson, John D MacDonald, James Ellroy, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly and Henning Mankell.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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What an entertaining read! There is so much to admire here. McMillan's craftsmanship -- the way he constructs the story with moments of real surprise and intense adventure -- is first rate. The story unfolds through the eyes of Alec Brodie -- an unforgettable self-centered hedonist who spends his time in bars in search of hookers and good times. He's tough to love, but the tangled web of the plot featuring the murder of the beautiful Miss Hong, a corrupt police force and a corporate scam kept me turning the pages till the end.
For mystery fans who enjoy their protagonist's layers being peeled away like leaves of kimchi, Yin Yang Tattoo offers plenty to chew on, savour and enjoy.
For mystery fans who enjoy their protagonist's layers being peeled away like leaves of kimchi, Yin Yang Tattoo offers plenty to chew on, savour and enjoy.
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Tense with a real sense of authenticity
This proved to be a very exciting read - there was one point where I wondered 'how does he get out of this?' - but what grounds this book is the very solid feel for the territory. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jonathan Chamberlain
Brilliant
This book is a work of literature art. The language is extremely descriptive and creates poetic pictures. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ms. Helena Chapman
Right riveting read.
A great yarn, most enjoyable.
Lucidly described characters and scenes lend it realism that inherently suspends disbelief, making it an exciting and interesting read. Read more
Lucidly described characters and scenes lend it realism that inherently suspends disbelief, making it an exciting and interesting read. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Empi
Ron does it again.
It would be hard to find two more different subjects than a Shetland travelogue and a Korean corporate fraud novel. Ron McMillan has proved his versatility. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. Douglas R. Mill
A fast paced thriller and journey through Seoul and South Korea
Alec Brodie, a hard-drinking Scottish photographer, is caught up in the Seoul police investigation about a murder he didn't commit and is being framed for it. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Christian
for guys and unshockable gals
Not just for the guys, cos I'm a lil' old lady (albeit not one to be put off by a bit of earthy language and explicit sex) and I greatly enjoyed it, on two levels: first as a... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Bobbie
Stonkingly Good!
Ron McMillan's writing, whether fiction or non fiction, is descriptively entertaining. He writes with true passion and enthusiasm which carries the reader along for the ride. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Alistair D. Murdoch
Marlowe with a Canon
In the interest of full disclosure, I'm friends with Ron and have work with him on other non-book projects. Read more
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Sex, lies and videotape
This is a hard hitting, fast paced thriller which will have you on the edge of your seat. The sights and smells so wonderfully described make you feel that you are actually there. Read more
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