{"product_id":"the-long-con-standard-edition-paperback","title":"The Long Con (Standard Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJi Y. Son\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome sentences hold you captive. Some set you free.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by a real-life story that seemed too improbable to be true, The Long Con is a tender, witty, and quietly devastating love story told through letters, longing, and literary references... with a strong side of sarcasm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Minjee, a Korean-American adoptee and UCLA college student, signs up for a prison pen pal project, she's not even sure the US Postal Service actually works. But her letter finds James, a Korean man serving time in a federal facility, with a past he doesn't talk about and a mind that's dangerously good at systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins in skepticism turns into teasing banter, then deepens into something riskier: connection. Confession. Intimacy. Through handwritten letters and carefully measured honesty, two people begin to rewrite the doubts they've carried, the stories they've lived, and the desires they never thought they'd write down in cursive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet between Westwood and Lompoc, the US and South Korea, the past and whatever comes next, The Long Con is a slow-burn epistolary romance about intimacy at a distance, identity in tension, and the long, improbable path toward something real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of slow-burn romance, sharp banter, \u003cem\u003eso much\u003c\/em\u003e sexual tension, literary Easter eggs, and love stories that last across time, distance, and the American legal system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eI want it. Bad\u003c\/em\u003e.\" - actual quote from a reader waiting for Part Two (now included in this book!)\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47497972351197,"sku":"9798999668721","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/7-OJ_dhj9g9798999668721.webp?v=1771989700","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-long-con-standard-edition-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}