[oh8eleven]

Why don't you write to the guy and tell him he doesn't know how to write a book?
Because he didn't write it, Blaine Harden did.
But hey, thanks for playing - loser.

[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.

[ottbmare]

I reiterate, there are things that are far more important in making a book valuable than a smooth writing style. That’s a surface consideration, and most of the great books of history aren’t easy popular reads. In this case, the critical point is that the information about North Korean camps gets out to the public, all over the world.