Hard Time: A Brit in America's Toughest Jail
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- 出版社 Mainstream Publishing
- 出版时间 2010年8月
- ISBN 9781845966515
- 定价 95.70
内容简介
Usingagolfpencilsharpenedonacellwall,ShaunAttwoodwroteoneofthefirstprisonblogs,Jon'sJailJournal,excerptsofwhichwerepublishedinTheGuardianandattractedinternationalmediaattention.BroughtupinEngland,ShauntookhisbusinessdegreetoPhoenix,Arizona,wherehebecameanawardwinningstockbrokerandthenamillionairedaytraderduringthedot-combubble.ButShaunalsoledadoublelife.AnearlyfanoftheravesceneinManchester,heformedanorganisationthatthrewravesanddistributedClassAdrugs.Beforebeingconvictedofmoneylaunderinganddrugdealing,heserved26monthsintheinfamousjailsystemrunbythenotoriousSheriffJoeArpaio.HardTimeistheharrowingyetoftendarklyhumorousaccountofthetimeShaunspentsubmergedinanightmarishworldofgangviolence,insectinfestedcellsandfoodunfitforanimals.Hisremarkablestoryprovidesarevealingglimpseintothetragedy,brutality,comedyandeccentricityofprisonlife.
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