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Author Sweeney, John, 1958-

Title North Korea undercover : inside the world's most secret state / John Sweeney.

Publication Info. New York : Pegasus Books, 2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  951.9305 SWEENEY    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  951.9305 SWEENEY    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  951.93 SWE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  951.93 SWEENEY    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  951.93 SWE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  951.93 SWEENEY    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  951 SWEENEY    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  951.9305 SWE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  951.9305 SWEENEY    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  951.93 SWEENEY    Check Shelf
Edition First Pegasus hardcover edition.
Description xv, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents In the Land of the Plastic Toad -- Zombie Gods Seep Goo -- God the Waxwork Father -- 'No photos, no photos' -- Jimmy the Gold-Smuggler -- Pyongyang Zoo -- The Scariest Place on Earth -- Facing the Final Curtain -- Cruel Christs of Pus -- Pissing on Marble -- 'Would the Dear Leader not be offended by such a gift?' -- The Man Who Went to North Korea and Came Back Mad -- The Washing of Brains -- God the Bad Elvis Son -- Fifty Shades of Green -- Empty Bellies -- The American Who Went to North Korea and Stayed -- The Hospital that Has Patients, but Only in the Morning -- The Gulag Circus -- God the Fat Boy Kim.
Subject After posing as a professor to gain undercover access, an award-winning BBC journalist describes what life is truly like in North Korea, where empty factories and hospitals with no electricity are found and the citizens are fed an endless stream of propaganda through ever-present loudspeakers.
Korea (North) -- History -- 21st century.
Korea (North) -- Politics and government -- 2011-
Korea (North) -- Description and travel.
Sweeney, John, 1958- -- Travel -- Korea (North)
ISBN 1605988022 (hardcover)
9781605988023 (hardcover)
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