- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Trafford Publishing (Dec 19 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1425150039
- ISBN-13: 978-1425150037
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
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#310,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3 in Books > Nonfiction > Current Events > Legal
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Dystopia is a book about going to prison. Mike Oulton went to prison for trying to smuggle fifteen kilos of cocaine into the United States. Ed Griffin went to prison to cause a revolution. He wanted men to write their stories and when the public discovered the horror of prison, the walls would come tumbling down.
Both had a lot to learn.
Mike counts the years and the days until he can get back on the street; Ed numbers the converts to his revolution. One day they meet in a classroom and friendship changes both of them.
The book takes readers through some of North America's worst prisons. The story follows the two men on their different paths. The reader watches Ed trek into American and Canadian prisons to teach murderers and thieves how to write. Mike, a convicted drug smuggler and habitual criminal, tries to survive the dangers of a Mexican prison and the emotional torment of one of Canada's worst penitentiaries.
Both men tell stories of the characters they meet along the way and both show the reality of prison, not the media image.
Both had a lot to learn.
Mike counts the years and the days until he can get back on the street; Ed numbers the converts to his revolution. One day they meet in a classroom and friendship changes both of them.
The book takes readers through some of North America's worst prisons. The story follows the two men on their different paths. The reader watches Ed trek into American and Canadian prisons to teach murderers and thieves how to write. Mike, a convicted drug smuggler and habitual criminal, tries to survive the dangers of a Mexican prison and the emotional torment of one of Canada's worst penitentiaries.
Both men tell stories of the characters they meet along the way and both show the reality of prison, not the media image.
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Entertaining and enlightening, April 2 2008
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"Dystopia" is a very thought provoking book about prison life, friendship, self-worth and so much more. We watch two very different men as they grow and change over the years. As you come to know them both, you will find yourself rooting for them and caring so much for them. This was a book I couldn't put down - I had to know what was going to happen next. I laughed and I cried. Although I read it in just a few days, it will stay with me for a lifetime. At the end of the book, Mike Oulton hopes that the reader was entertained as well as enlightened. I was. Ed Griffin wants us to remember for every person the words "You are somebody". I will.
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