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Charles Bronson is the most feared and the most notorious convict in the prison system. Renowned for serial hostage taking and his rooftop sieges, he is a legend in his own lifetime. Yet behind the crime and the craziness, there is a great deal more to Charlie. He is a man of great warmth and humour; a man of great artistic talent who exhibits his drawings around the country; and a man with an overpowering urge not to let the system get him down. "Insanity" is a look into the mind of a true individual - a wild, inspired, single-minded, fascinating man, oppressed not only by the workings of his singular mind, but also by the system that confines him.
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Owing to Charlie Bronson's somewhat confined conditions (ie. in a cage like Hannibal Lecter), it is difficult for him to get out and promote his book as he would want to. It doesn't seem to have harmed Bronson, however, which has sold well over 100,000 copies, perhaps because every time Charlie does something a bit nutty it ends up in every national newspaper... Charlie once kidnapped three Iraqis and threatened to eat them. He is now threatening to eat any bookseller who orders a less-than-substantial quantity of his new book. You have been warned...
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64 of 65 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a true insight into modern prison life and the effects it has on a person. Charles Bronson probably has the best insight on the subject, spending the majority of his time in solitary confinement. In this book he shows a surprising normality and his reasoning on his own incarceration is fascinating. This book is a well explained account of a person who has experienced long term imprisonment; humorous yet disturbing, and it will definitely put you off experiencing a spell in the slammer for life.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bronson writes very honestly about his incarceration, and about the madness that caused him to start prison riots, rooftop protests an take guards as hostages.
Bronson talks about being 'ghosted' around the country from prison to prison, and names the prison officers who helped him, and the ones who were mean.
never afraid to speak his mind, Bronson paints a colourful portrait of the inside, and some of the villains who give prison life character.
Bronson talks about being 'ghosted' around the country from prison to prison, and names the prison officers who helped him, and the ones who were mean.
never afraid to speak his mind, Bronson paints a colourful portrait of the inside, and some of the villains who give prison life character.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first book that i read all the way through without skipping any pages, it hooks you from the start and i found it hard to put down. You expect to read about ten pages and before you know it you have read about thirty. In this book he talks about his experiences past and present in prison, sometimes comical, sometimes serious, you can't help thinking that some of the stuff he's wrote about is partly made up. He also talks about mental illnesses such as Paranoid Schizophrenia, Pyromania and Psychopaths. At the back of the book there is a list of which prisons he has served time in up until 2002, somewhat outdated, i'd pick up a copy of his latest book if you want to learn about what he's like at the present. His books seem somewhat repetitive, maybe he's run out of stuff to write about. The book has drawings that he done in prison and a middle section with photos of himself, friends and family. 90/100.
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not great really
loved the film but the book lacks the structure and professionalism of the film its just the sometimes amusing ramblings of a nutjob. Read more
Published 10 months ago by SHUTTERS
great
really interesting book tbh, same nature as his book Bronson, theyre basically the same style, both talking about his life, but good books
Published 12 months ago by George
LOOK BACK IN ANGER, NAH... RUN AT 'EM
Well, certainly, Mr Bronson has a propensity to lose his head and go off on a one. I was fuelled to buy this book after reading of Bronson on Bronsonmania. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2005 by CRAZY GIRL
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