Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton The Gruesome True Story of a Man Who Survived Thailand's Deadliest Prisons

Name: Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton The Gruesome True Story of a Man Who Survived Thailand's Deadliest Prisons
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ISBN: 9781616086886

ISBN-10: 1616086882

ISBN-13: 9781616086886

Edition: 2011

Authors: T. M. Hoy

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Prison is harsh enough, but as a foreigner (farang) in a strangeland, jail time is an even more horrifying reality. Rotting in theBangkok Hilton is a collection of short stories chronicling T. M.Hoy’s descent into the harrowing world of Southeast Asian prisonlife. Through his eyes, readers will experience the bizarre eventsof daily life in a Thai maximum security prison: feel the weight ofthe chains he wears, the stomachaches from lack of food, witnessthe murders, drug overdoses, torture, and unbridled cruelty thatensues. Sentenced to life in prison, Hoy does his best to accept the fatehe’s been given. While attempting to adjust to this third-worldhellhole, he contracts tuberculosis and…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

T. M. Hoy was born and raised in Mountain View, California.After extensive travel in Asia, he settled in Bangkok, and thenChiang Mai, located in Northern Thailand. While living there, hemade a "tragic error in judgment" by not reporting a murder hewitnessed to police. In 1995, he was given a life sentence, and spentthe next five-plus years between Chiang Mai Remand and BangKwang Prison. He was given a treaty transfer and sent back to thestates, where he finished his sentence at FCC Tucson in 2011. Hoycurrently resides in Tucson, Arizona.