{"product_id":"9781786331908","title":"North Korea Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003eCOMING 28TH MAY: The new travel journal Michael Palin In Nigeria\n\u003cbr\u003eALSO AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW: MICHAEL PALIN IN THE PHILIPPINES - COMING SEPTEMBER 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT DOCUMENTARY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, as told by Britain's best-loved travel writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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":"Hutchinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52903999996213,"sku":"EB_LI0716_00000_AD","price":102.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781786331908-1.jpg?v=1789407959","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/ja\/products\/9781786331908","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}