Skyhorse Publishing skyhorse@onixsuite.com 20130523 eng

COM.ONIXSUITE.9781616086886 03 01 Skyhorse Publishing 01 GCOI 60239100388300 01 SKU 608688 02 1616086882 03 9781616086886 15 9781616086886 11 BB 1 A01 Hoy, T M. T M. Hoy <b>T. M. Hoy</b> was born and raised in Mountain View, California. After extensive travel in Asia, he settled in Bangkok, and then Chiang Mai, located in Northern Thailand. While living there, he made a “tragic error in judgment” by not reporting a murder he witnessed to police. In 1995, he was given a life sentence, and spent the next five-plus years between Chiang Mai Remand and Bang Kwang Prison. He was given a treaty transfer and sent back to the states, where he finished his sentence at FCC Tucson in 2011. Hoy currently resides in Tucson, Arizona. 01 eng 232 00 232 03 03 0 03 16 color illustrations BIO026000 01 Prison is harsh enough, but as a foreigner (“farang”) in a strange land, jail time is an even more horrifying reality. <em>Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton</em> is a collection of short stories chronicling T. M. Hoy’s descent into the harrowing world of Southeast Asian prison life. Through his eyes, readers will experience the bizarre events of daily life in a Thai maximum security prison: feel the weight of the chains he wears, the stomachaches from lack of food, witness the murders, drug overdoses, torture, and unbridled cruelty that ensues.<p>Sentenced to life in prison, Hoy does his best to accept the fate he’s been given. While attempting to “adjust” to this third-world hellhole, he contracts tuberculosis and nearly loses his life.</p><p>Hoy’s stories are brutal and his words are heart-wrenching. Go places you’ve only seen in your nightmares, to a world in which few survive, and none emerge unscathed . . . and if you’re lucky, you’ll die before you really begin to suffer.</p> 02 A collection of unspeakable degradation, fear, and agony through the eyes of an American locked up... 08 “A thoughtful series of meditations on living as well as possible under the worst possible conditions.” Kirkus Reviews 08 “A superb rendition on the horrors of imprisonment that should be read by everyone. Bravo Mr. Hoy, what a gift for the reader.” Jimmy Santiago Baca, winner of the International Prize and author of A Place to Stand 08 “it is without a doubt an eye-opening account of what actually goes on there, and an incredibly absorbing read.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer 08 “T. M. Hoy's stories provide a coherent and gripping account of his five harrowing years in a Thai maximum security prison. Always aware of the reality he faces daily—and of its context outside the prison—Hoy comes through a most degrading experience whole and unbrutalized. He gives us an extremely readable, if tough to take at times, look at depths one hopes to never have to cope with.” John Zerzan, author of Running on Emptiness 04 03 72 01 http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/resources/titles/60239100388300/images/60239100388300L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/resources/titles/60239100388300/images/60239100388300S.jpg http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/book/?GCOI=60239100388300 Skyhorse Publishing 01 Skyhorse Publishing 04 20120501 02 AG AI AN AR AS AU AW BB BM BO BR BS BZ CL CN CO CR CU DM DO EC FK GD GF GP GT GU GY HK HN HT ID JM JP KH KN TF KY LA LC MM MP MQ MS MX MY NI NZ PA PE PH PR PY SG SR SV TC TH TT TW US UY VC VE VG VI VN 03 ROW 01 0.9283446 in 02 0.6288786 in 03 0898398 in 07 6300065 National Book Company, Inc. http://www.wwnorton.com 02 WORLD 02 Y 20 20120501 24 01 02 LONG 02 24.95 USD