Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton: The Gruesome True Story of a Man Who Survived Thailand's Deadliest Prisons

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However, however! Despite the cruel treatment and lifestyle of the prison, the author was able to find whispers of humanity in some inmates he’s met in his time served. PDF / EPUB File Name: Rotting_in_the_Bangkok_Hilton_-_TM_Hoy.pdf, Rotting_in_the_Bangkok_Hilton_-_TM_Hoy.epub The book paints a similar picture and many of the stories were really fascinating and some turned my stomach 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.

ROTTING IN THE BANGKOK HILTON THE GRUESOME TRUE STORY OF A MAN WHO SURVIVED THAILAND'S DEADLIEST PRISONS He was the only one of the family to survive what Francois Maurois, in his introduction, calls the "human holocaust" of the persecution of the Jews, which began with the restrictions, the singularization of the yellow star, the enclosure within the ghetto, and went on to the mass deportations to the ovens of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. There are unforgettable and horrifying scenes here in this spare and sombre memoir of this experience of the hanging of a child, of his first farewell with his father who leaves him an inheritance of a knife and a spoon, and of his last goodbye at Buchenwald his father's corpse is already cold let alone the long months of survival under unconscionable conditions. Interesting set of stories about a man’s time in a hellish prison. I had heard of this prison from another book set there so was aware of its dire condition

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Collection of short essays about an American’s hard time in two of Thailand’s most notorious prisons. for the most part, i enjoyed the book.. i liked the way the author writes.. the way the words flow together in a colourful narrative.. the stories of others, is an interesting way to write.. who are we if not impacted by our experiences, the people we share space with are bound to become part of our journey, our thoughts, our observations.. i mean also, if you are in prison for years, your experiences are limited to that space..

Some of these books suffer somewhat by the author looking to place blame anywhere but at their own doorstep or by attempting to make you feel sorry for them despite being involved in heinous crimes & activities. This book does not push that upon you in any way, shape or form which is unusual and refreshing.The overall picture is not the unrelentingly gruesome story promised but rather a thoughtful series of meditations on living as well as possible under the worst possible conditions. It is narrated very well by a non annoying American reader who brings to life the daily hell of the prison the story is set in. Honestly, I can’t imagine how some of the very few prisoners do it. The very few actually accept and just go in living. While the rest either escape with drugs and then end up getting hooked or join in the savagery. If the authors are serious, this is a silly, distasteful book. If they are not, it’s a brilliant satire.