[bunster]

re: “....doesn’t know how to write a book”

I agree with you — Harden has his credentials as NYtimes/WashPost correspondent Maybe this fellow is looking more for a former fiction writer’s style. Who knows.

Anyway Shin didn’t/doesn’t speak a lick of English — the interviews with Harddin took place over 7 meetings (some week long full days) with Shin’s best friend as the interpreter. There is a couple in Ohio who played a big part in this — I want to find out more about them too. Good people.

[oh8eleven]

It's a wonderful human story despite (IMO) how it was written.
The question that popped up in my head the entire time I read the book - WTH is the UN?
And the UN Human Rights Council has the gall to question the US for violations?
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh