{"product_id":"north-korea-journal","title":"North Korea Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT DOCUMENTARY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57302965027198,"sku":"NW9781786331908","price":14.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781786331908.jpg?v=1778261396","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/north-korea-journal","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}