The Sorcerer of Pyongyang by Marcel Theroux 

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The Sorcerer of Pyongyang by Marcel Theroux: Episode Five

The Sorcerer of Pyongyang by Marcel Theroux

Episode Five

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By Marcel Theroux. Jun-su delivers a lecture about  The House of Possibility.

By Marcel Theroux. 2003. Now a student at Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang, Jun-su is asked to deliver a lecture on The House of Possibility.

In 1995, an 11-year-old boy in North Korea, Cho Jun-su, stumbles across a strange, foreign book that will change his life.

Helped in private by a teacher, Jun-su learns that it is a Dungeon Master’s guide. Dungeons and Dragons opens up a whole new world of make-believe and imagination for the boy.

But in the years that follow, Jun-su learns that, in a totalitarian state, imagination can be a dangerous thing.

Episode Five
2003. Now a student at Kim Il-sung University in Pyong-yang, Jun-su is asked to deliver a lecture on The House of Possibility.

The author Marcel Theroux is a British American novelist and broadcaster. He is the author of Far North, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. The Sorcerer Of Pyongyang is his fifth novel.

Writer: Marcel Theroux
Reader: Edmund Kingsley
Abridger: Jeremy Osborne
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

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In 1995, an 11-year-old boy in North Korea stumbles across a strange foreign book.

In 1995, an 11-year-old boy in North Korea, Cho Jun-su, stumbles across a strange foreign book that will change his life. Read by Edmund Kingsley.

In 1995, an 11-year-old boy in North Korea, Cho Jun-su, stumbles across a strange, foreign book that will change his life. Helped in private by a teacher, Jun-su learns that it is a Dungeon Master's guide. Dungeons and Dragons opens up a whole new world of make-believe and imagination for the boy.

But in the years that follow, Jun-su learns that, in a totalitarian state, imagination can be a dangerous thing.

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