About the Author

Alan Smith is a novelist whose columns for The Guardian introduced readers to some of the absorbing characters and true storylines in this book. A university lecturer as well as a prison tutor, he empathises with life's failures - and as he explains, Philosophy in prison may sound strange but neither was it a regular degree choice for someone brought up in the back streets of 1950s Sheffield.

Reviews

'Smith recounts the mundane, the bizarre and the surreal that permeates prison life, astutely observed by a remarkable story-teller': Probation Journal 'Revealing, wry, provocative - ': Amy Leavitt , Writer, USA. 'Alan Smith is - a master story-teller': Dick Gordon, The Story 'The author has never flinched from telling the vivid truth about prison: how it can mess with people's minds': Alice Woolley, The Guardian. 'Keen perception and a natural gift for narration': Benjamin Allen, South Texas College. 'Witty, insightful and above all honest - An essential read for anyone working in the criminal justice system': Clive Hopwood, Director, Writers in Prison Foundation.

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