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.
'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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