Title: Was This Written by Someone Else With the Same Name?
Review: There remain very few books of Simon Winchester's that I have not yet read. Happily, I can say that I have loved his interesting and insightful looks at plate tectonics, China, the OED, San Francisco, Krakatoa, Joseph Needham, so when I began the Korea book, I expected to be thoroughly engrossed. What a disappointment! It seems as if an aide ghost wrote it for him. The outlook is that of an overeager teenage boy about to enter his first house of ill repute, in fact this becomes so boring, it is difficult to finish the book. Winchester judges all Americans by the servicemen whom he meets at the bars and bordellos, well all except for one literate officer. Sorry, I cannot say anything more positive about this book.This was a total waste of money and of time - his, mine and anyone, who reads it.
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