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Author
Publisher
37 Ink/Atria
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 339 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this rare insider's view into contemporary North Korea, a high-ranking counterintelligence agent describes his life as a former poet laureate to Kim Jong-il and his breathtaking escape to freedom. "The General will now enter the room." Everyone turns to stone. Not moving my head, I direct my eyes to a point halfway up the archway where Kim Jong-il's face will soon appear... As North Korea's State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-sung led a charmed life....
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, [this book] offers a rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea's history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today"--Amazon.com.
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