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

Thomas, Cullen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143113119 ISBN 13: 9780143113119

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2008

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 this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143113119
• ISBN 13: 9780143113119
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368