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Title details for Eating with the Enemy by Kurt Pitzer - Available

Eating with the Enemy

How I Waged Peace with North Korea from My BBQ Shack in Hackensack

by Kurt Pitzer
Robert Egan
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Robert Egan could have been a roofing contractor, like his father. Instead, he opened a barbecue restaurant. His interest in the search for Vietnam-era POWs led to an introduction to North Korean officials desperate to improve relations with the United States. So Egan turned his restaurant into Camp David, with pork ribs. During tumultuous years that saw the death of Kim Il Sung, the rise of Kim Jong Il, the Bush "Axis of Evil," and North Korea's successful test of a nuclear weapon, Egan advised North Korea's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, informed for the FBI, vexed the White House, and nearly rescued a captured U.S. Navy vessel. Based on true events, this fast-paced tale shows how far one citizen can go in working for peace.

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  • Release date

    October 25, 2011

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      • ISBN: 9781611745641
      • File size: 363179 KB
      • Duration: 12:36:37

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Here's a rare conceit for a book: You own a barbecue restaurant in New Jersey, but through various means you are able to establish a relationship with the North Korean government, which allows you to play a role in international diplomacy. It's a great story, and it's well written. Narrator Traber Burns has a down-home style that sounds like he's sitting on his porch telling us this unique personal story. Burns's voice is somewhat scratchy, and he tends to swallow some words because he reads too fast, but because he's narrating a regular guy's story, it works, for the most part. He varies his voice for some characters but generally plays it straight. R.I.G. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

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