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    Review: 'The Great Successor' paints a macabre portrait of Kim Jong Un

    by Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times Aug 28, 2019 5 minutes

    "The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un" by Anna Fifield; PublicAffairs (336 pages, $28)

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    Both inherited a family business and are surrounded by sycophants.

    Both make endless false claims, blame others for their mistakes and have been lampooned - and vastly underestimated - by their critics.

    One boasts he is a "super genius," the other a "genius among geniuses." One blasts the other as a "total nut job" and is called "an old lunatic" in return. One is "beloved and respected leader," the other "your favorite president, me!"

    Is it any wonder that President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un get along so well?

    Anna Fifield's "The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un" is

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