{"product_id":"north-korea-journal-1","title":"North Korea Journal","description":"THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT CHANNEL 5 DOCUMENTARY A 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. Now 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. Written 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.","brand":"Michael Palin (author)","offers":[{"title":"Hutchinson \/ 19 Sep 2019 \/ 247","offer_id":53538374746453,"sku":"9781786331908","price":3.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0501\/4188\/8668\/files\/9781786331908_a7d7bd7a-ab7d-452f-bb1f-1ffc7e8537e7.webp?v=1774362063","url":"https:\/\/www.bookworld.ie\/products\/north-korea-journal-1","provider":"Book World Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}