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An impressive book and an exciting literary breakthrough, The Orphan Master’s Son uses a man’s trip through the frozen seas, black channels, and spooky traveler chambers of the world’s many mystical dictatorship, Northern Korea.Pak Jun Do may be the haunted son of the misplaced mother—a singer “stolen” to Pyongyang—and an important dad who operates Lengthy Tomorrows, a work-camp for orphans. There the child is given his first taste of power, selecting first which orphans consume and which is likely to be lent out for manual work. Acknowledged for his devotion and keen instincts, Jun Do involves the interest of superiors within the condition, increases in the rates, and begins on the path that you will see no return.Considering herself “a simple person of the best country in the planet,” Jun Do becomes an expert kidnapper who should understand the changing guidelines, arbitrary assault, and confusing needs of his Japanese overlords to be able to remain alive. Pushed to the total control of what any individual can withstand, he boldly assumes the dangerous position of competitor to Kim Jong-Il within an make an effort to save the girl he adores, Sun Moon, a renowned celebrity “so real, she didn’t understand what hungry people appeared like.”Part breathless thriller, part story of innocence lost, part story of intimate love, The Orphan Master’s Boy is also a captivating picture of the globe heretofore concealed from view: a Northern Korea rife with starvation, crime, and everyday cruelty but also companionship, stolen moments of beauty, and love.