Purgatory
A Prison Diary Volume 2
ISBN10: 0312342160
ISBN13: 9780312342166
Trade Paperback
320 Pages
$17.99
CA$24.50
On August 9, 2001, 22 days after Archer—now known as Prisoner FF8282—was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury, he was transferred from a maximum security prison in London to HMP Wayland, a medium security prison in Norfolk. For the next 67 days, as he waited to be reclassified for an "open," minimum security prison, he encountered not only the daily degradations of a dangerously overstretched prison system but also the spirit and courage of his fellow inmates. Purgatory: A Prison Diary, Volume 2, is Archer's frank, shocking, sometimes humorous, sometimes horrifying account of those 67 days.
Reviews
Praise for Purgatory
"A tale that is not only important but true."—The Washington Post
"The finest thing that he's ever written...riveting."—The Independent on Sunday
"The books form the most detailed and illuminating account of life spent under lock and key since Dostoyevsky."—The Mail on Sunday