Michael Malaghan’s Reviews > A Corpse in the Koryo > Status Update

Having spent a week in N Korea five years ago, I find the novel a tongue and cheek credible portrayal of life in N Korea. A good story. Police procedurals are such a fun way to understand a society. James Church is not Hemming Merkel or Donna Leon, but he falls short by only a notch (or a star in this case,)