{"product_id":"9781786331908","title":"North Korea Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Palin, Michael, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 19\/09\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 176 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Hutchinson,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Cornerstone,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: North Korea, Reportage \u0026amp; collected journalism, Travel writing\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781786331908\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eTHE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT DOCUMENTARY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, as told by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without internet or phone signal, where the countryside has barely moved beyond a centuries-old peasant economy but where the cities have gleaming skyscrapers and luxurious underground train stations. His resulting documentary for Channel 5 was widely acclaimed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow he shares his day-by-day diary of his visit, in which he describes not only what he saw - and his fleeting views of what the authorities didn't want him to see - but recounts the conversations he had with the country's inhabitants, talks candidly about his encounters with officialdom, and records his musings about a land wholly unlike any other he has ever visited - one that inspires fascination and fear in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with Palin's trademark warmth and wit, and illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, the journal offers a rare insight into the North Korea behind the headlines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022235533465,"sku":"9781786331908","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781786331908_cff45632-aac9-4e5d-9234-5779e1f0726c.jpg?v=1601399642","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781786331908","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}