Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age in South Korea's Prisons

Thomas, Cullen

ISBN 10: 0143113119 / ISBN 13: 9780143113119

Published by Penguin Group USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2008

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Title: Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age ...

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

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Synopsis:

Cullen Thomas was just like the thousands of other American kids who travel abroad after college. He was hungry for meaning and excitement beyond a nine-to-five routine, so he set off for Seoul, South Korea, to teach English and look for adventure. What he got was a three-and-a- half-year drug-crime sentence in South Korea's prisons, where the physical toll of life in a cell was coupled with the mental anguish of maintaining sanity in a world that couldn't have been more foreign. This is Thomas's unvarnished account of his eye-opening, ultimately life-affirming experience. Brother One Cell is part cautionary tale, part prison memoir, and part insightful travelogue that will appeal to a wide readership, from concerned parents to armchair adventurers.

About the Author:

Cullen Thomas's writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Salon.com, The Washington Post, and Penthouse, among other publications.