In the Belly of the Beast - by Jack Henry Abbott (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. This is a 37-year-old man's account of 25 years behind bars.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. When Normal Mailer was writing <i>The Executioner's Song</i>, he received a letter from Jack Henry Abbott, a convict, in which Abbott offered to educate him in the realities of life in a maximum security prison. This book organizes Abbott's by now classic letters to Mailer, which evoke his infernal vision of the prison nightmare.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Born in Michigan in 1944, Jack Henry Abbott spent most of his childhood in foster care and his teen years in various detention centers. While serving a long sentence for killing a fellow inmate, he wrote to Norman Mailer and offered to write a truthful depiction of life in prison. Mailer agreed, and with his help Abbott published <i>In the Belly of the Beast</i>. Abbott died in prison in 2002.
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