Vid: Kim Jong Il Unmasked – Michael Malice’s Unauthorized Autobiography of North Korea’s Supreme Leader

Kim Jong Il, who was the supreme leader of North Korea until his
death in 2011, was a leading authority on gymnastics, cinema,
literature, war, cooking, and the arts. He wrote 1,400 works when
he was in college, including a senior thesis that was an
achievement comparable to Columbus’ discovery of America. He
revolutionized the opera, personally discovered that Paleolithic
man originated on the Korean Peninsula, and came up with a theory
of art that was as impactful on modern culture as the Copernican
Revolution. Why did the supreme leader always wear sunglasses?
That’s because his eyes were constantly bloodshot from staying up
all night figuring out ways to help his country.

These are details from celebrity ghostwriter (and former editor
of Overheard in
New York) Michael
Malice’s new book Dear
Reader:
The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il, a strange,
tragic, and humorous first-person account of the supreme leader’s
life. On March 18, 2014, at an event held at New York City’s
Museum of Sex and
sponsored by the Reason
Foundation, The New York Times columnist John
Tierney sat down with Malice to discuss the book.

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