{"product_id":"9781786331908-north-korea-journal","title":"North Korea Journal","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT DOCUMENTARY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA glimpse of life inside the world’s most secretive country, as told by Britain’s best-loved travel writer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30347200331873,"sku":"9781786331908","price":16.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/66c053ff529f69e262450e4e7465eafd_cc033a7c-dba1-4fc8-868e-a3c44fa32878.jpg?v=1570050929","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781786331908-north-korea-journal","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}