See the hottest books publishing this Summer

Excerpt from A Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Summary |  Excerpt |  Reviews |  Beyond the Book |  Readalikes |  Genres & Themes |  Author Bio

A Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer

A Kim Jong-Il Production

The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power

by Paul Fischer
  • BookBrowse Review:
  • Critics' Consensus (4):
  • Readers' Rating (23):
  • First Published:
  • Feb 3, 2015, 368 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Nov 2015, 368 pages
  • Rate this book

About this Book

Print Excerpt


But to night Kim was preoccupied. He was thinking about motion pictures.

After the party, in the early hours of the morning, a handful of people would follow Kim, an insomniac, to one of his projection rooms and watch one of the new movies produced by the state-run studios. Over the last decade he had found the work of his film crews increasingly repetitive and dispiriting. These films were unlikely to hold the attention of his people for much longer, let alone impress the world abroad, which was his lifelong ambition. They were simply not good enough. Not yet, anyway. Four years earlier he had put in action a plan to remedy this problem, but that plan had stalled. He had treated his guests, Shin Sang-Ok and Choi Eun-Hee, so well, but they seemed determined not to play along.

For now. Less than six months later, Shin would surrender to Kim's plans.

And together, they would change the course of North Korean history.

Excerpted from A Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer. Copyright © 2015 by Paul Fischer. Excerpted by permission of Flatiron Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

Membership Advantages
  • Reviews
  • "Beyond the Book" articles
  • Free books to read and review (US only)
  • Find books by time period, setting & theme
  • Read-alike suggestions by book and author
  • Book club discussions
  • and much more!
  • Just $60 for 12 months or $20 for 3 months.
  • More about membership!

Beyond the Book:
  Propaganda and its Uses

BookBrowse Book Club

  • Book Jacket
    The Lamplighter's Bookshop
    by Sophie Austin
    The Lost Bookshop meets The Lost Apothecary in a beguiling novel full of secrets…

Members Recommend

  • Book Jacket

    Making Friends Can Be Murder
    by Kathleen West

    Thirty-year-old Sarah Jones is drawn into a neighborhood murder mystery after befriending a deceptive con artist.

  • Book Jacket

    Ordinary Love
    by Marie Rutkoski

    A riveting story of class, ambition, and bisexuality—one woman risks everything for a second chance at first love.

Who Said...

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it...

Click Here to find out who said this, as well as discovering other famous literary quotes!

Wordplay

Solve this clue:

B a L

and be entered to win..

Your guide toexceptional          books

BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.