Pan Books A Prison Diary Volume Ii: Purgatory

As in volume I, Jeffery Archer uses his natural story telling skills to describe his prison experience, this time in Wayland, a category C prison in Norfolk where he stays for 67 days.He uses a conversational style which includes the reader by occasionally addressing them directly. He also frequently refers to previous days and drops hints about what is to come.Yet again he comes across some interesting people. He never trivialises their offences and manages to portray his fellow prisoners as very real rather then turning them into fictional characters.I regularly visit a category B prison and think that this book is a good way for everyone to see what goes on behind the walls....

I love this book by Jeffrey Archer - he lets the reader into his cell and you are shadowing him as he takes you into a step by step guide of his everyday life in prison every minute of every day.I just wonder though if he hadn't been who he was in society, I wonder if he would have been treated differently ! nevertheless I read the first prison diary and have the last one 'Hell' to read and would recommend these books - I love Jeffrey Archer's writing. Brilliant !

Bought for my husband and he really enjoyed it. He has now read all the prison diaries and is disappointed there are no more !. All were very interesting, informative and humorous at times. Highly recommend

I bought this as a good friend of mine has had the misfortune to end up in Wayland prison and he said it might give me a small insight into what life is like there.Obviously it's a very short diary as Jeffrey Archer wasn't there for long, but it helped me a bit in trying to understand what daily life must be like 'inside'.

J Archer never writes a bad book