The author's youthfulness helps to assure the inevitable comparison with the Anne Frank diary although over and above the.

Each law, however, gets its own chapter: “Conceal Your Intentions,” “Always Say Less Than Necessary,” “Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy,” and so on. I found this book more of a stack of very short stories of other prisoners histories, when I had been expecting more of a biography of the authors time in prison. Had to stop listening when the author likened himself to a vampire getting energy from deaths during a storm. Hoy's memoir, written in the hope he might bribe his way to freedom using its proceeds, is sure to inflame and excite listeners with its unnerving portrayal of a third world penal system. He was finally released to the Americans on a treaty transfer to spend the rest of his sentence in the United States.By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file.

who are we if not impacted by our experiences, the people we share space with are bound to become part of our journey, our thoughts, our observations. Narration is flat, stories are boring and I don’t like that you don’t even know what the author was accused of. The overall picture is not the unrelentingly gruesome story promised but rather a thoughtful series of meditations on living as well as possible under the worst possible conditions. He finally settled in Thailand, first in Bangkok and then in the northern city of Chiang Mai, where he committed the crime that is never explicitly named in the short narratives that make up this prison memoir (the cover copy suggests it was related to his failure to report a friend for murder, and documents reproduced inside suggest he was charged officially as an accessory).If you'd like to know what life is like inside what is considered to be the worst prison in the world, listen to this book.