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A Goodreads user asked this question about Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West:

I read this book but I'm still a little confused about what's true and what's not. I understand that there was some sort of scandal because Shin was not entirely truthful about his story at first. But is everything in this book true? I'd ahte to think I read something that's not.

Bon Tom And wouldn't you hate it even more if the book was (and it is) true? Well, if somebody told me this book is as true as Harry Potter, that would really…moreAnd wouldn't you hate it even more if the book was (and it is) true? Well, if somebody told me this book is as true as Harry Potter, that would really make my day. But what I really hate to think is I have read something that's sheds painful and true light at the world we live in. So rest without worries, my friend, you've read testament of truth that might only be false in minor, unimportant details. Everything of substance is out there.(less)

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