RaveThe New York Times Book ReviewHighly original, deeply researched and cogently observed ... Manages to be truly informative, wholly serious and sometimes humorous, all at the same time ... I often lament the relative absence of investigative journalism on North Korea, which leaves Americans mostly in the dark when a crisis erupts there, as it often does. Cheng’s book, nearly 15 years in the making, goes a long way toward filling that gap ... This is a brilliant history of North Korea.
