"Offerings is a beautifully wrought coming-of-age storyof a young man torn between art and commerce, conscience and obligation, Korea and the United States.I loved it."—Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times bestselling author of Talking to Strangers

"A potent combination of a financial thriller and a coming-of-age immigrant tale, Offerings is a great book. A thoughtful and engrossing read."—Gary Shteyngart, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Lake Success

“Michael Kim writes with the authority of an insider on the intricate workings of Wall Street and the high stakes for Korea during the Asia Financial Crisis, but at its core Offerings is a moving love story—about a young man’s love for his home country, his father and his newfound soul mate. Offerings is an elegant poem on the redemptive power of love.”—Sandy Weill, chairman emeritus of Citigroup and bestselling author of The Real Deal: My Life in Business and Philanthropy

"In clean, elegantprose, Michael Kim plumbs the complicated world of international finance—and the universal longing of fathers and sons not to disappoint one another. Offerings is the engrossing tale of an immigrant's troubled return home."—Elizabeth Cobbs, New York Times bestselling author of The Hamilton Affair and The Tubman Command

"This is a brilliant novel about a critical turning point both in a man's life and in his country of origin. The author, who was born in South Korea but lived much of his childhood in New Jersey, writes with rare clarity and great authority about high finance, the concept of home, and, most importantly, lessons learned from and redemption achieved with a beloved father ."—Nick Lyons, professor of English, Hunter College (retired), and bestselling author 

“If you want a look at a world you have never seen and appreciate rock-ribbed drama, then Offerings is that surprising item, a book that is at once new and fascinating.”—Craig Nova, author of  The Good Son