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When I initially heard about this book, I wasn't going to read it because it was described as outdated. A Korean-American friend, who is teaching English in Korea, convinced me that I needed to read it. While it is definitely outdated (written in the mid-80s), it's a fascinating look at how vastly different South Korea was just a short time ago.

Although it was written in the late 1980s, this is still worth reading. Winchester hoofed it from Cheju in the south of South to the DMZ, where South and North meet. The journalistic reporting of the book has dated, but Winchester skillfully gives just enough information about social and political history in order to help the general reader learn more about this enigmatic country. Winchester's tone is genial, the style doesn't call attention to itself, so this is readable.

I really didn't care for this book at all. Winchester seemed quite smug, copping a fair amount of anti-American attitude.