Bibliograph

Sentence, ten years and a thousand books in prison, Daniel Genis

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Sentence, ten years and a thousand books in prison, Daniel Genis

Language

eng

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autobiography

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illustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sentence

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Daniel Genis

Sub title

ten years and a thousand books in prison

Summary

In 2003, fresh out of NYU, Daniel Genis was working in publishing as his writer father had always expected. But he was also hiding a serious heroin addiction that led him into debt and burglary. After he was arrested for robbing people at knifepoint in 2003, Daniel Genis was nicknamed the "apologetic bandit" in the press, given his habit of apologising to his victims as he took their cash. He was sentenced to twelve years (ten with good behaviour), surviving the decade by reading 1,046 books, weightlifting, having philosophical discussions with various inmates, encountering violence on a daily basis, working at a serious of prison jobs, and in general observing an existence for which nothing in his life had prepared him. Sentence is one of the most striking prison memoirs -- and memoirs in general -- in recent years -- written with intelligence, wit, empathy, and remarkable style

Target audience

adult

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Ten years and a thousand books in prison

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