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Fish : a memoir of a boy in a man's prison
Author
Title
Fish : a memoir of a boy in a man's prison / T.J. Parsell.
ISBN
9780786720378
0786720379
Edition
1st Carroll & Graf trade pbk. ed.
Published
New York : Carroll & Graf, 2007.
Physical Description
xii, 324 pages ; 21 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2016 222: Paperbound. Number line on title page verso indicates 1st printing: "9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Autograph: James McCourt. From the library of Vincent Virga and James McCourt.
Notes
Previously published in hardcover, 2006.
Summary
A spokesperson for prison rape awareness describes how his imprisonment was marked by sexual brutality, reveals the code of silence that results in the murder of informants, and the impact of his experiences on his subsequent sense of identity.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2016
Contents
Camp Dearborn
Last chance for romance
The absence of drama
Who's angrier than who?
Chain reactions
Safety in numbers
Early induction to an inverted world
The big blue wagon ride
Prison transfer
Convict orientation
Quarantine
Riverside correctional facility
Lasting impressions
Slide step's squeeze
Lessons in streetball
Blemished masculinities
What's in a name anyway?
Careful what you ask for
Taken by surprise
Compromising choices
What's my lie?
What's under the covers?
Help ain't gonna come runnin' no time soon
You never know where it's coming from
When all else fails
Black Panther
Greener grass
Consider yourself part of the family
The oracle
Head games and power trips
Go for the grab
Wolf tickets
Broken promises
I will arise and go now.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Biography.
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