TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yun,Ko-ŭn
AU  - Buehler,Lizzie
TI  - The disaster tourist: a novel 
SN  - 9781640094161
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Berkeley, California
PB  - Counterpoint
KW  - Dark tourism
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Travel agents
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Employees
KW  - Korea (South)
KW  - Islands
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Black humor
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books Ltd."--Title page verso
N2  - For ten years, Yona has been stuck behind a desk as a coordinator for Jungle, a travel company specializing in vacation packages to destinations devastated by disaster and climate change. Her work life is uneventful until trouble arises in the form of a predatory colleague. To forestall any disruption of business-as-usual, Jungle makes Yona a proposition: a paid "vacation" to the desert island of Mui. But Yona must pose as a tourist and assess whether Jungle should continue their partnership with the unprofitable destination. Yona travels to the remote island, whose major attraction is an underwhelming sinkhole, a huge disappointment to the customers who've paid a premium. Soon Yona discovers the resort's plan to fabricate a catastrophe in the interest of regaining their good standing with Jungle--and the manager enlists Yona's help. Yona must choose between the callous company to whom she's dedicated her life, or the possibility of a fresh start in a powerful new position. As she begins to understand the cost of the manufactured disaster, Yona realizes that the lives of Mui's citizens are in danger--and so is she
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