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Condition: Very good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ... Very good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

ISBN: 9781845965662

Subject Area: Criminal Law

Publication Name: Monkey House Blues: a Shanghai Prison Memoir

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Subject: Criminology

Publication Year: 2010

Type: Textbook

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 234mm

Author: Dominic Stevenson

Item Width: 153mm

Item Weight: 341g

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

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In 1993, Dominic Stevenson left a comfortable life living with his girlfriend in Kyoto, Japan, to travel to China. His journey took him to some of the most inhospitable and dangerous places in the world, from the poppy fields of the Afghan Pakistan border, to the ancient trade routes of the Silk Road, before he was arrested for drug smuggling while boarding a boat from Shanghai to Japan. After eight months on remand in a Chinese police lock-up, Stevenson was sentenced to two and a half years in one of the biggest prisons in the world, the Shanghai Municipal Prison aka The Monkey House . There, he was imprisoned alongside just five westerners amongst five thousand Chinese criminals in a block for death row inmates and political prisoners, where the guards drank green tea and let the prison run itself. The experience led him to reflect on his previous life in Japan, India and Thailand, during which time he took on a varied array of jobs, including English teacher, karaoke-bar host, factory worker, busker, crystal seller, dope smuggler and film extra. From Afghan gun shops to Tibetan monasteries, Thai brothels and the stirrings of the rave culture in Goa, Monkey House Blues is

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Transworld Publishers Ltd

ISBN-13

9781845965662

eBay Product ID (ePID)

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Product Key Features

Subject Area

Criminal Law

Author

Dominic Stevenson

Publication Name

Monkey House Blues: a Shanghai Prison Memoir

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Subject

Criminology

Publication Year

2010

Type

Textbook

Number of Pages

240 Pages

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Item Height

234mm

Item Width

153mm

Item Weight

341g

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Dominic Stevenson

Topic

Memorials

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United Kingdom

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