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'The Orphan Master's Son'

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The New York Times calls Adam Johnson’s new novel “The Orphan Master’s Son” “daring and remarkable” for the extraordinary lens it provides on life in North Korea. The detail in Johnson’s novel results from his travels there in 2007. He joins us in the studio.

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Adam Johnson, author and associate professor of English at Stanford University

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