A novel of social issues sublimated into fantasy.

At an amusement park near Seoul, a mysterious jelly seller, who seems to be able to read people’s desires, sells jellies promising that whoever shares them will never be parted from one another. The novel, comprised of nine stories, brings together nine different sets of characters whose paths interlock piece by piece with each turn of the page, every story beginning with the past of the characters and ending on the day of a sweet, sticky, grisly massacre. A neglected child, a precariously employed worker, a job seeker, and a loner more comfortable with online friends than anyone in real life are read out by the jelly seller, who makes their wishes come true and leads them into tragedy.