Dear Leader

In this international bestseller, former poet laureate Jang Jin-sung shares his extraordinary journey from serving as North Korea’s State Poet Laureate to escaping to South Korea. Against the backdrop of a tightly controlled and secretive regime, his story provides rare insight into the workings of North Korea’s propaganda machine and the perilous nature of life within its borders. Told with gripping detail, Dear Leader offers a revealing and dramatic look at one man’s extraordinary quest for freedom.