In the Belly of the Beast - Hardcover

Abbott, Jack Henry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091473306 ISBN 13: 9780091473303

Publisher: Hutchinson, 1982

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Michigan in 1944, Jack Henry Abbott spent most of his childhood in foster care and his teen years in various detention centers. While serving a long sentence for killing a fellow inmate, he wrote to Norman Mailer and offered to write a truthful depiction of life in prison. Mailer agreed, and with his help Abbott published In the Belly of the Beast. Abbott died in prison in 2002.

From the Inside Flap:

A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. This is a 37 year old man's account of 25 years behind bars.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0091473306
• ISBN 13: 9780091473303
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 172