'The Orphan Master's Son'

Michael Krasny

Mar 20, 2012 at

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The New York Times calls Adam Johnson’s new novel “The Orphan Master’s Son” “daring and remarkable” for the extraordinary lens it provides on life in North Korea. The detail in Johnson’s novel results from his travels there in 2007. He joins us in the studio.

More: About the book “The Orphan Master’s Son” – at IndieBound.org

Guests:

Adam Johnson, author and associate professor of English at Stanford University

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