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ISBN 1856850730
Size = 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
NORMAN PARKER has spent over half his life in prison. From his arrival in Parkhurst in the early 1970s as a category A prisoner, convicted of murder, he mixed with some of Britain's hardest cases. Security prisons such as Parkhurst are immensely tough. But Norman Parker has special qualities that helped sustain him there. He is a natural observer of the human condition, and he brings a sharp intelligence and a gift for story-telling to the rich material at his disposal. Inside Parkhurst and the other jails where he was held, Norman Parker encountered high-profile criminals like Reg and Ron Kray, Eddie Richardson and the Great Train Robbers, including 'Buster' Edwards, at close quarters.
Among other characters he met were Billy, a well-known London club owner who went robbing with John McVicar; Barry known as Top Cat', an ex-boxer and bank robber with a hair-trigger temper and a history of mental illness; and the apelike Vic, a loose cannon who would prove that Parkhurst itself was such a dangerous place that you had to watch out for your life. Even the most unpromising experiences are transformed by Parker into absorbing, page-turning tales from within prison walls.
During his time in Parkhurst protests by the inmates against its harsh conditions were common and usually violent. There was the old and decrepit sewage system, with drains that often blocked up; and the liquid cosh of the medication regime, from which strong men would stagger in a daze; as well as the brutality of certain officers. Though there were lighter moments. The plot to frustrate old Shuffling Bob's obsession with always being first in the meal queue; and the attempt to capture Horace, the mouse, which enlivened the long nights of solitary confinement.
241 pages. Hard cover with UNCLIPPED dust jacket. Ex-Library.
Weight = 800 g
BOOK / DUST JACKET CONDITION = VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
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