No Exit Press - Death Row Breakout Stories by Edward Bunker

ABOUT THE BOOK

Death Row Breakout brings together seven previously unseen short stories that draw fully on Edward Bunker's incomparable experience of the U.S. prison system.

The title story Death Row Breakout details the routine of being on Death Row, before exploding into action when the plans for a breakout kick in. In L.A. Justice, a black man falls foul of the law after a minor traffic incident and once inside the prison system he finds it a labyrinth impossible to escape from... As James Ellroy says `by an ex-criminal, from the unregenerately criminal viewpoint...'

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

'I don´t know if any politicians read Bunker. But they should.'
- Cathi Unsworth, The Guardian [read the full review]

'Brilliant... truly thrilling reading'
- Dazed and Confused [read the full review]

'Integrity, craftsmanship and moral passion...an artist with a unique and compelling voice'
- William Styron

'Edward Bunker is a true original of American letters. His books are criminal classics: novels about criminals, written by an ex-criminal, from the unregenerately criminal viewpoint.'
- James Ellroy

'At 40 Eddie Bunker was a hardened criminal with a substantial prison record. Twenty-five years later, he was hailed by his peers as America's greatest living crimewriter'
- The Independent