*ANewYorkTimesBookReviewNotableBook**AnNPRBestBookoftheYear**AnNPRBookWeLove**ANewYorkTimesEditors’ChoicePick**AMostAnticipatedReadinLitHub,CrimeReads,Thrillist,andPopsugar**ABostonGlobeThrillertoReadonYourSummerVacation**ACrimeReadsBestInternationalCrimeFictionfor2022*Thekineticstoryofasixty-five-year-oldfemaleassassinwhofacesanunexpectedthreatinthetwilightofhercareer--thisisaninternationalbestsellerandtheEnglishlanguagedebutfromanaward-winningSouthKoreanauthorAtsixty-five,Hornclawisbeginningtoslowdown.Shelivesmodestlyinasmallapartment,withonlyheragingdog,arescuenamedDeadweight,tokeephercompany.Thereareexpectationsforpeopleherage--thatshe’llretireandliveouttherestofherdaysquietly.ButHornclawisnotlikeotherpeople.Sheisanassassin.Double-crossers,corporateenemies,cheatingspouses--forthepastfourdecades,Hornclawhaskilledthemallwithruthlessefficiency,andthelessshe’sknownabouthertargets,thebetter.Butnow,nearingtheendofhercareer,shehasjustslippedup.Aninjuryleadshertoanunexpectedconnectionwithadoctorandhisfamily.Butemotions,foranassassin,areadangerousproposition.AsHornclaw’sworldclosesin,thisfinalchapterinhercareermayalsomarkherownbloodyend.AsensationinSouthKorea,andnowtranslatedintoEnglishforthefirsttimebyChi-YoungKim,TheOldWomanwiththeKnifeisanelectrifying,singular,mordantlyfunnynovelabouttheexpectationsimposedonagingbodiesandthedramaticwaysinwhichonewomanchoosestoreclaimheragency.
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