Welcome to Pyongyang Condition:Very Good Suddenly their home is filled

Suddenly their home is filled with the sound of clanging machinery and the stench of mackerel

and the presence of love in each and every one of us

One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themIn ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths

WINNER OF THE LANNAN LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION • From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea comes the fascinating story of a former British spy who's been unmasked as a Russian agent—and "one of spy fiction's greatest characters" (People)

His research and consulting interests have been divided equally between operations management and project management

Welcome to Pyongyang Condition:Very Good Suddenly their home is filledCharlie Crane's large format photographs of Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, were taken on three visits between 2005 and 2006. His landscapes and portraits are presented here in the manner of a guidebook, with an introduction by Crane's collaborator and producer, Nicholas Bonner, and with commentaries on the scenes depicted from interviews recorded with the city's official tourist guides.