Dear Leader

A former high-ranking counterintelligence agent offers a rare insider's view into contemporary North Korea in this captivating and heart-stopping memoir. Dear Leader describes the author's charmed life in Pyongyang as North Korea's State Poet Laureate and his subsequent escape to freedom after lending a forbidden magazine to a friend. Through Jang Jin-Sung's breathtaking and unprecedented story, readers will gain a never-before-seen insight into the inner workings of the world's most secretive and repressive regime.