Purgatory - Jeffrey Archer

Purgatory

By Jeffrey Archer

  • Release Date: 2010-04-01
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Score: 4
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Description

Purgatory: A Prison Diary, Volume 2, is Jeffrey Archer's frank, shocking, sometimes humorous, sometimes horrifying account of his incarceration.

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.

Reviews

  • Archer is one of my favorites

    5
    By Strutzr
    I have been reading Archer's books for some 25 years, first discovering him during a summer college recess. I have religiously read every book except volumes 2&3 of the prison diaries. I could never find them in hardcover in the US. With the iPad it was easy to get volume 2. While not as interesting as his novels, I enjoyed this volume of his prison diary. He provides interesting insight to prison life and one cant but help think of the juxtaposition of Lord Archer in a penal institution. While I sense he often felt that it was wrong for him to be in prison (I'm innocent I swear! which seems to be the mantra of all convicts) he seems to have adapted to life and tried to make the best of it. Again not quite as enjoyable as his splendid novels, but still a quick and interesting read.

  • purgartory

    4
    By tobylas
    The book is good but way too many typographical errors. Does anyone proof read at all? Hardly a page goes by without an error. When asked to pay, one would not expect such shoddy presentation.

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