A review by geoffwood
Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il by Michael Malice

1.0

Call me naive, but I came into this innocent of the author or any context for this and took it at face value as some manner of legit translation of North Korean propaganda. It does capture that tone, with hundreds of pages of treacly, stilted prose thick with "then they all clapped" moments. It eventually becomes apparent textually and if one, say, reads the author's Wikipedia page, that this is heavily gimmicked (seemingly soup-to-nuts), at which point one might have the urge to bail, but for the legendary fourth wall smashing conclusion (DAE think North Korea might be baddies?).

Highly recommended for those that haven't read the Wikipedia page on North Korea but would like the same amount of info relayed in ten times the amount of agonizing prose.