In the belly of the beast : letters from prison / Jack Henry Abbott ; with an introduction by Norman Mailer
1991, 1st Vintage edition. New York : Vintage Books. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #425108
ISBN: 0679732373
Physical description; xvi, 166 pages ; 21 cm. Notes; "Originally published by Random House, Inc., New York, in June 1981"--Title page verso. Includes index. Contents; State-raised convict -- Varieties of punishment -- The hole : solitary confinement -- The prison staff -- The inmates -- Gods and drugs -- Choosing sides : Communists and Marxism -- American violence/American justice : the legal system -- Capital punishment and Gary Gilmore -- Racism in America and behind bars -- Foreign affairs -- Freedom? Subjects; Abbott, Jack Henry 1944-2002. Abbott, Jack Henry 1944-. Abbott, Jack Henry. Abbott, Jack Henry 1944- ; Correspondence. Prisoners United States ; Biography. Prisons United States.
Price: €12.95