- Anonymous Author: Justified to protect his life.
- Late Export for You: Published in South Korea in 2014, but only translated and published in English in 2017.
- Saved from Development Hell: The book was originally written in the nineties, but was only recently taken out of the country and published.
- Shout-Out:
- The title for "Record of a Defection" deliberately echoes the 1920 novel Record of an Escape - like the novel's protagonist Il-cheol is escaping his oppressors, but instead of Japanese colonizers the oppressors are his own country and government.
- "City Of Specters": Alludes to Marx's famous quote about the "specter of Communism".
- Writer Revolt: Sort of. According to those who know his identity Bandi is a state-sanctioned writer who wrote The Accusation as an act of rebellion.
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