A Prison Diary Volume III: Heaven (The Prison Diaries)

A Prison Diary Volume III: Heaven (The Prison Diaries)

by JeffreyArcher (Author)

Synopsis

Day 115 Saturday 10th November 2001 6.38am It's all an act. I am hopelessly unhappy, dejected and broken. I smile when I am at my lowest, I laugh when I see no humour, I help others when I need help myself. I am alone. If I were to show any sign, even for a moment, of what I'm going through, I would have to read the details in some tabloid the following day. Everything I do is only a phone call away from a friendly journalist with an open cheque book. I don't know where I have found the strength to maintain this facade and never break down in anyone's presence. The final volume of Jeffrey Archer's prison diaries, A Prison Diary Volume III: Heaven, covers the period of his transfer from Wayland to his eventual release on parole in July 2003. It includes a shocking account of the traumatic time he spent in the notorious Lincoln jail and the events that led to his incarceration there - it also throws light on a system that is close to breaking point. Told with humour, compassion and honesty, it closes with a thought-provoking manifesto that should be applauded by the Establishment and prison population alike.

$8.67

Save:$4.03 (32%)

Quantity

Temporarily out of stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 478
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Pan
Published: 01 Apr 2005

ISBN 10: 0330418858
ISBN 13: 9780330418850
Book Overview: The final volume in Archer's powerful account of life inside the penal system

Media Reviews

Jeffrey Archer raises these diaries to the standards of a prison Pepys by being such an assiduous recorder
of fellow inmates' secrets

* Mail on Sunday *
Truly captures the fear, the violence and the numb bleakness of prison life * Sunday Mirror *
The finest thing that he has ever written . . . so clear and crisp is the prose, a vivid and almost live account which bubbles with Dickensian detail and a Shavian sense of outrage . . . riveting * Independent on Sunday *
Author Bio
Jeffrey Archer, whose novels and short stories include Kane and Abel, A Prisoner of Birth and Cat O' Nine Tales, has topped the bestseller lists around the world, with sales of over 275 million copies. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries). The author is married to Dame Mary Archer, and they have two sons, two grandsons and a granddaughter.