Don’t Go There!: From Chernobyl to North Korea—One Man’s Quest to Lose Himself and Find Everyone Else in the World’s Strangest Places

by Adam Fletcher

In normal life we’re pretty good at believing we’re highly evolved because we’ve invented things like laser eye surgery, crème brûlée, and Istanbul. But there are some experiences—getting stuck in traffic, giving birth, being hungry—when you realise how flimsy civilisation really is.