The Wheelchair Conspiracy

In the fictional American city of Lymhurst, 76-year-old Ellis Carter, a disabled Black man, is released from prison after 32 years for a theft he never committed. Paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair, he embarks on a quiet investigation into the massive retail corporation Marsden & Co., whose regional manager, a security chief, and a compliant detective once buried the truth to hide a trivial accounting error. Kim Young-ha’s style pervades the narrative: the tragedy is rooted not in grand malice but in a tiny seed of greed that grew into a monstrous conspiracy. The story traces how small, ordinary desires—to avoid embarrassment, to keep a job, to close a case—entangled to destroy a life, exploring the chilling banality of evil behind systemic injustice.