In the Belly of the Beast

Informationen zum Autor Jack Henry Abbott Klappentext A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. When Normal Mailer was writing The Executioner's Song , he received a letter from Jack Henry Abbott, a convict, in which Abbott offered to educate him in the realities of life in a maximum security prison. This book organizes Abbott's by now classic letters to Mailer, which evoke his infernal vision of the prison nightmare. Zusammenfassung A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. When Normal Mailer was writing The Executioner's Song ! he received a letter from Jack Henry Abbott! a convict! in which Abbott offered to educate him in the realities of life in a maximum security prison. This book organizes Abbott's by now classic letters to Mailer! which evoke his infernal vision of the prison nightmare.

Product details

• Authors: ABBOTT, Jack Henry Abbott
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.1991
• EAN: 9780679732372
• ISBN: 978-0-679-73237-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 202 mm x 10 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature