Book review: The Great Successor: The Secret Rise and Rule of Kim Jong Un
A clear-eyed portrait of a cold-blooded tyrant
BIOGRAPHY: The Great Successor: The Secret Rise and Rule of Kim Jong Un, By Anna Fifield, John Murray, €23
Among the titles that Kim Jong Un bestowed on himself when, in 2011, he became the Supreme Leader of North Korea were the ‘Best Incarnation of Love, Invincible and Triumphant General’ and the ‘Sun of Mankind’. (In China, online wits gave him the less flattering title of ‘Kim Fatty The Third’.)
Kim’s coronation was ...