{"product_id":"a-kim-jongil-production-9780241970003","title":"A Kim JongIl Production","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Fischer is a film producer and writer. Born in Saudi Arabia and raised in France, he studied Social Sciences at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and Film at the University of Southern California and the New York Film Academy. He has worked as an independent film producer in London for the past seven years; his first feature, the documentary \u003ci\u003eRadioman\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Grand Jury Prize at the DOC NYC festival. \u003ci\u003eA Kim Jong-Il Production\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddictive, profoundly weird * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eExtraordinary, gripping * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eStranger than fiction * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn absolutely brilliant page-turner\u003c\/p\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaptivatingly tells perhaps the most extraordinary tale from the world's most bizarre country\u003c\/b\u003e. That a North Korean dictator should kidnap two South Korean movie stars and force them to make films he hoped would rival Hollywood seems the stuff of fantasy . . . \u003cb\u003eFlabbergasting\u003c\/b\u003e -- Paul French, author of international bestseller 'Midnight in Peking'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA true story of desperate movie stars, daring escapes, and the paranoid leader\u003c\/b\u003e who brought it all together. \u003cb\u003eEqual parts history, thriller, and farce\u003c\/b\u003e . . . will keep you engrossed until the very end -- Matt Baglio, co-author of 'New York Times' bestseller Argo","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017707094359,"sku":"9780241970003","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241970003.jpg?v=1750774400","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-kim-jongil-production-9780241970003","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}