Prison is harsh enough, but as a foreigner (“farang”) in a strangeland, jail time is an even more horrifying reality. <em>Rotting in theBangkok Hilton</em> is a collection of short stories chronicling T. M.Hoy's descent into the harrowing world of Southeast Asian prisonlife. Through his eyes, readers will experience the bizarre eventsof daily life in a Thai maximum security prison: feel the weight ofthe chains he wears, the stomachaches from lack of food, witnessthe murders, drug overdoses, torture, and unbridled cruelty thatensues. <p>Sentenced to life in prison, Hoy does his best to accept the fatehe's been given. While attempting to “adjust” to this third-worldhellhole, he contracts tuberculosis and nearly loses his life. </p><p>Hoy's stories are brutal and his words are heart-wrenching. Goplaces you've only seen in your nightmares, to a world in which fewsurvive, and none emerge unscathed . . . and if you're lucky, you'lldie before you really begin to suffer.</p>