{"product_id":"dear-leader-poet-spy-escapee-a-look-inside-north-korea","title":"Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee--A Look Inside North Korea","description":"THE STORY THEY COULDN'T HACK: 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.\n\n“The General will now enter the room.”\n\nEveryone 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…\n\nAs North Korea’s State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-sung led a charmed life. With food provisions (even as the country suffered through its great famine), a travel pass, access to strictly censored information, and audiences with Kim Jong-il himself, his life in Pyongyang seemed safe and secure. But this privileged existence was about to be shattered. When a strictly forbidden magazine he lent to a friend goes missing, Jang Jin-sung must flee for his life.\n\nNever before has a member of the elite described the inner workings of this totalitarian state and its propaganda machine. An astonishing exposé told through the heart-stopping story of Jang Jin-sung’s escape to South Korea, Dear Leader is a rare and unprecedented insight into the world’s most secretive and repressive regime.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 147676655X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.147676655X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Jin-sung, Jang\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43719517143101,"sku":"BVV.147676655X.G","price":8.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/147676655X-0.jpg?v=1790372445","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/dear-leader-poet-spy-escapee-a-look-inside-north-korea","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}