The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world’s strangest and most elusive leader , Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best connections and insights into the bizarrely dangerous world of North Korea.
Anna Fifield reconstructs Kim’s past and present with exclusive access to sources near him and brings her unique understanding to explain the dynastic mission of the Kim family in North Korea, according to a review on goodreads.com. The archaic notion of despotic family rule matches the almost medieval hardship the country has suffered under the Kims. Few people thought that a young, untested, unhealthy, Swiss-educated basketball fanatic could hold together a country that should have fallen apart years ago. But Kim Jong Un has not just survived, he has thrived.
