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Prepare yourself for a journey into the indonesian penal system, a world where murder, torture and fights to the death are the norm.

Hell's Prisoner is the powerful story of one man's battle to survive in some of the world's cruellest and most inhumane prisons. Christopher Parnell, wrongly accused of drug trafficking, found himself catapulted into the maelstrom of madness and degradation that exists within Indonesian jails. Surrounded by murderers and sadistic, violent criminals, he soon learned that life can be as cheap as a bowl of rice or a cigarette.

During his imprisonment, Parnell was subjected to unthinkable sessions of torture, both physical and psychological. Left to starve and fight every day for his survival, he was forced to eat everything from cockroaches to human flesh.

This is an incredible tale of fatalism and bureaucracy, of corruption and the horrors of prison, but most of all it is a no-holds-barred account of what the human spirit can endure.



Trade Review
Parnell tells his story with a gritty honesty . . . a gripping book * Daily Mail *
Vivid in description and dialogue, with characters that you wouldn't want to meet anywhere, let alone in the confines of jail, Parnell's story is a film waiting to be made * Morning Star *
An incredible account, which exposes the murkier side of human nature * Northern Echo *

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      Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/07/2011
      ISBN13: 9781845967291, 978-1845967291
      ISBN10: 1845967291

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Prepare yourself for a journey into the indonesian penal system, a world where murder, torture and fights to the death are the norm.

      Hell's Prisoner is the powerful story of one man's battle to survive in some of the world's cruellest and most inhumane prisons. Christopher Parnell, wrongly accused of drug trafficking, found himself catapulted into the maelstrom of madness and degradation that exists within Indonesian jails. Surrounded by murderers and sadistic, violent criminals, he soon learned that life can be as cheap as a bowl of rice or a cigarette.

      During his imprisonment, Parnell was subjected to unthinkable sessions of torture, both physical and psychological. Left to starve and fight every day for his survival, he was forced to eat everything from cockroaches to human flesh.

      This is an incredible tale of fatalism and bureaucracy, of corruption and the horrors of prison, but most of all it is a no-holds-barred account of what the human spirit can endure.



      Trade Review
      Parnell tells his story with a gritty honesty . . . a gripping book * Daily Mail *
      Vivid in description and dialogue, with characters that you wouldn't want to meet anywhere, let alone in the confines of jail, Parnell's story is a film waiting to be made * Morning Star *
      An incredible account, which exposes the murkier side of human nature * Northern Echo *

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