This wasn’t really a narrative style story and once it was implied that it started as short snippets for a paper it made more sense why it was set out this way. Would listen to it again as it was really interesting and a completely different world than I’ve seen

If the authors are serious, this is a silly, distasteful book. If they are not, it’s a brilliant satire. The author has an exceptional grasp of the English language. The writing is really creative and superb. Sometimes it's so good it's a bit over the top. I love true crime and insight but this is just boring. Narration is flat, stories are boring and I don’t like that you don’t even know what the author was accused of. Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton: The Gruesome True Story of a Man Who Survived Thailand's Deadliest Prisons 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.ROTTING IN THE BANGKOK HILTON THE GRUESOME TRUE STORY OF A MAN WHO SURVIVED THAILAND'S DEADLIEST PRISONS

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 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 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. It is philosophical in parts and explains the structure of Thailand’s jail culture very well. Nevertheless it is not gripping or ‘unputdownable.’ Starts out ok, but the stories get more and more unlikely as the book goes on. Had to stop listening when the author likened himself to a vampire getting energy from deaths during a storm.

You only find out why Hoy is in jail at the very end and that’s not really clear. His time in jail didn’t sound as bad as other Thai jail stories. Could imagine his time spent in American prison worse. The authors have created a sort of anti-Book of Virtues in this encyclopedic compendium of the ways and means of power. 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. 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. The stories in it are truly remarkable. So disgusting and revolting there are sometimes hard to believe.

The author's youthfulness helps to assure the inevitable comparison with the Anne Frank diary although over and above the sphere of suffering shared, and in this case extended to the death march itself, there is no spiritual or emotional legacy here to offset any reader reluctance. This is quite an entertaining book that, despite the fact that it is well written and entertaining, it is not exceptional. 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.The book paints a similar picture and many of the stories were really fascinating and some turned my stomach For books on prison life, in my opinion, there are much better books. For me Marching Powder by Rusty Young or Hotel Kerobokan by Kathryn Bonella give a much better account. Collection of short essays about an American’s hard time in two of Thailand’s most notorious prisons. it is without a doubt an eye-opening account of what actually goes on there, and an incredibly absorbing read. --Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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. This is an interesting book. I enjoyed it. The author had a tough time in the Bangkok Hilton and the storys made me feel ill. Tale's like the ones in the book have been played out in movies and in audio before, but nothing like you will hear. Full Book Name: Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton: The Gruesome True Story of a Man Who Survived Thailand’s Deadliest Prisons

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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.. If you'd like to know what life is like inside what is considered to be the worst prison in the world, listen to this book. 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. PDF / EPUB File Name: Rotting_in_the_Bangkok_Hilton_-_TM_Hoy.pdf, Rotting_in_the_Bangkok_Hilton_-_TM_Hoy.epub