Korea

I read Simon Winchester's book "Korea". I thought it was very good. Much of the literature out there for Korea is fairly heady, and indigestable, but Winchester's book is not. Basically, Winchester is a journalist and writes as such, although he is also quite an intellectual as well. He undertakes a walk that bisects South Korea from south to north. Along the way he meets many interesting Koreans, Expats, and a whole host of irritating Americans. His humour is subtle and at times not so subtle as well. I recommend this book because it is unique, and not pretentious. The only real downside is that there is not much in the way of academic to be found in it, but then again there are many other books for that.