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The Sun Tyrant - by J P Floru (Paperback)

The Sun Tyrant - by  J P Floru (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>JP Floru uncovers the oddities and tragedies at the heart of North Korea, the world's most secretive regime<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br></br>When JP Floru tags along with three friends running the marathon in Pyongyang, little could have prepared him for what he witnessed.</br><br>Shocking and scary, The<i> Sun Tyrant</i> uncovers the oddities and tragedies at the heart of the world's most secretive regime, showing what happens when a population is reduced to near-slavery in the twenty-first century.</br><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><br>When Londoner JP Floru tags along with three friends running the marathon in Pyongyang, little could have prepared him for what he witnessed.</br> <br>Shown by two minders what the regime wants them to see during their nine-day trip, the group is astounded when witnessing people bowing for their leaders' statues; being told not to take photos of the leader's feet; and hearing the hushed reverence with which people recite the history invented by the regime to keep itself in power.</br> <br>Often the group did not understand what they were seeing: from the empty five-lane motorway to the missing fifth floor of their Yanggakdo Hotel on an island in the Pudong River; many answers only came through extensive research of the few sources that exist about this hermit country.</br> <br>Shocking and scary, The Sun Tyrant uncovers the oddities and tragedies at the heart of the world's most secretive regime, and shows what happens when a population is reduced to near-slavery in the twenty-first century.</br>

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