{"product_id":"9781786331908","title":"North Korea Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003eHE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT CHANNEL 5 DOCUMENTARY\u003cbr\u003eA glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, as told by Britain's best-loved travel writer.\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\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Michael+Palin\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eMichael Palin\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Michael Palin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377241833635,"sku":"9781786331908","price":380.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781786331908_4ad71322-9fc1-44d8-9246-6922bc4d6794.jpg?v=1776591204","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781786331908","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}