Synopses & Reviews
In the late 1970s, author Warren Fellows and two of his friends had the perfect scheme: they would traffic heroin between Australia and Thailand, concealing it flawlessly in high-tech, invisible compartments in suitcases. The money was there, and the process seemed foolproof--especially because they hadn't gotten caught in all their prior attempts at smuggling. But in 1978, all that would change, and Fellows would spend the next twelve years of his life enduring violations of his human rights of unimaginable hideousness.
Fellows, convicted in Thailand, spent these twelve years in Bangkok's infamous Bang Kwang prison, witnessing atrocities committed by both prison officials and his fellow inmates. He survived countless torturous beatings, was forced to eat rats, and endured solitary confinement under terrifyingly inhumane conditions. On a daily basis, Fellows also witnessed the torture and execution of those around him, their screams as common as the insects and vermin in his cell. Many of the prisoners in Bang Kwang turned to heroin--the vice that landed Fellows there in the first place--to escape their daily nightmares, and the prison guards often helped feed this deadly addiction.
Fellows, now a free man, has lived to write about these twelve ghastly years. He has captured the filth, pain, anger, hopelessness, and torture of life in a Thai prison with vivid, engrossing detail and brutal honesty.
Synopsis
In 978, author Warren Fellows along with two other suspected drug couriers were convicted of heroin trafficking between Australia and Thailand. As a result, they were sentenced to serve out the rest of their lives in Thai prisons.
Fellows served twelve years in Bangkok's notorious Bang Kwang prison, surviving atrocities and situations that far exceed the limits of most men. Forcing people to live in filth, eat rats, and endure solitary confinement are but a few examples of how these prisoners' human rights were abused beyond imagination. Many of the prisoners turned to heroin to escape the horrible conditions around them, and their addiction was often fed by the prison guards.
Fellows's story is a "Midnight Express" come true. He has written a brutally honest account of how he paid for his crimes in the worst imaginable way.
About the Author
Warren Fellows is now forty-four years old and has been a free man since his return from Thailand in 1989. He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his mother.