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The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power
by Paul Fischer
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by Suki Kim
Published Oct 2015
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by Katherine Boo
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by Catherine Chung
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by Adam Johnson
Published Aug 2012
Read ReviewsAn epic novel and a thrilling literary discovery, The Orphan Master's Son follows a young man's journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and eerie spy chambers of the world's most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea.
by Barbara Demick
Published Sep 2010
Read ReviewsA remarkable view into North Korea, as seen through the lives of six ordinary citizens
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