Pyongyang: A Journey into North Korea

Famously referred to as part of the 'Axis of Evil' North Korea is one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today. A series of man-made and natural catastrophe's have also left it one of the poorest. When this fortress-like country recently opened the door a crack to foreign investment, cartoonist Guy Delisle found himself in its capital of Pyongyang on a work visa for French Film animation company, become one of the few Westerners to witness the current conditions in the surreal showcase city. His astute and wry musings on life in the austere and grim regime form the basis of this remarkable graphic novel.