The Damage Done: Twelve Years Of Hell In A Bangkok Prison
W Fellows
May 2011 · Random House
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Think about the most wretched day of your life. Maybe it was when someone you loved died, or when you were badly hurt in an accident, or a day when you were so terrified you could scarcely bear it. No imagine 4,000 of those days in one big chunk.
In 1978, Warren Fellows was convicted in Thailand of heroin trafficking and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Damage Done is his story of an unthinkable nightmare in a place where sewer rats and cockroaches are the only nutritious food, and where the worst punishment is the khun deo - solitary confinement, Thai style.
Fellows was certainly guilty of his crime, but he endured and survived human-rights abuses beyond imagination. This is not his plea for forgiveness, nor his denial of guilt; it is the story of an ordeal that no one would wish on their worst enemy. It is an essential read: heartbreaking, fascinating and impossible to put down.
In 1978, Warren Fellows was convicted in Thailand of heroin trafficking and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Damage Done is his story of an unthinkable nightmare in a place where sewer rats and cockroaches are the only nutritious food, and where the worst punishment is the khun deo - solitary confinement, Thai style.
Fellows was certainly guilty of his crime, but he endured and survived human-rights abuses beyond imagination. This is not his plea for forgiveness, nor his denial of guilt; it is the story of an ordeal that no one would wish on their worst enemy. It is an essential read: heartbreaking, fascinating and impossible to put down.
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Nigel Miller
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March 13, 2015
I'm not a big reader but I've read this book at least 5 times and listen to the audio at least once a day. Can't put my finger on why I love it so much, maybe it's the tail of a decent guy who ended up with the wrong crowd and paid the price. Maybe it's how on earth did he survive. He says at one point ^ If you think I deserved what I got then you to are a criminal^ Read it with an open mind, we're not all perfect and don't deserve the hand life deals us sometimes.
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Kate Cowperthwaite
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June 7, 2013
My word this book only took me 1day to read as I could not put it down. I would love to shake Warnen fellows hand for putting together this tragic tale of his life it must of been so hard for him...... when you read the book you will understand.
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LISA HOLT
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September 27, 2016
Drug trafficking, IF the people enjoyed reading this book, they should pick up a book called the "An Evil Cradling" The two books are very similar but different circumstances, Basically to me, they are telling us about how far can a person go, How do you switch your mind into a positive to be able to live through such an ordeal and survive, truly inspirational, it makes one think how you live your life and moan and groan about shit all. Brilliantly written.
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