- Hardcover: 202 pages
- Publisher: Viking Pr (Sep 1977)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0670127094
- ISBN-13: 978-0670127092
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,091,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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William Styron
"Edward Bunker's work possesses integrity, craftsmanship and moral passion...an artist with a unique and compelling voice - a vigorous and important writer."
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"Integrity, craftsmanship and moral passion...an artist with a unique and compelling voice" - William Styron "The best first person crime novel I have ever read" - Quentin Tarantino "Quite simply, one of the great crime novels of the past 30 years" - James Ellroy "A stone classic" - Time Out "A gripping and harrowing read" - Daily Mail
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Tough compelling read, well written and extremely real. The story follows a young man who goes to prison and a tough older convict takes him under his wing and decides to act as his mentor.
It has now been made into a feature film directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Willem Defoe, Edward Furlong and Mickey Rouke.
Format:Paperback
Tough compelling read, well written and extremely real. The story follows a young man who goes to prison and a tough older convict takes him under his wing and decides to act as his mentor.
It has now been made into a feature film directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Willem Defoe, Edward Furlong and Mickey Rouke.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Powerful manifesto against the prison industrial complex
14 Nov 2000
Format:Paperback
Edward Bunker's "The Animal Factory" is not just a great novel about prison life, but a powerful critique of America's penal system. While the book is over 20 years old, it is more timely than ever, with the United States now holding more people in prison than any other country on the planet, both in terms of percentage of population and total numbers.
"Factory" chronicles how an intelligent, thoughtful, non-violent drug offender becomes a cold-blooded killer in little over a year. The San Quentin of Bunker's novel is an arena where anyone can die at any time, many times just hours before being released/paroled. It is a world where any slight to your character must be responded to with force (and oftentimes murder), or you are seen as weak and instant prey for prison rapists. Bunker's novel demonstrates that U.S. prisons are "factories" for super-predators, turning out far more dangerous criminals than those who enter.
While many of the book's arguments are not neccessarily original or ground-breaking, "Factory" condenses these themes brilliantly in a lean and intensely written narrative that grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go.
"Factory" should be required reading by just about everyone, but especially those people who believe that the solution to crime is to pass more laws and build more prisons.
Also highly recommended: "You Are Going to Prison" by Jim Hogshire; "The Hot House" by Pete Earley.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A prison classic.
22 Jan 2000
Format:Hardcover
An extremely realistic book about the life in San Quentin prison written by an ex prisoner who transfers his first hand experiences to the reader. Characters,prison environment and incidents are very well crafted and shaped. This book is strong enough to put the fear of God into even literally the most hardened reader.You will not even think of emptying your car's ashtray to the streets after reading this.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The Animal Factory...
18 Nov 2001
Format:Paperback
The Animal Factory is a great intro book for those who aren't familiar with the rest of Edward Bunker's stabs at fiction.
Though it drags on in places it is great narrative (though not the best) about life in jail. Edward Furlong starred in a film version directed by Steve Buscemi (Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs) that does the book justice. So if your still unsure about reading this book, at least check out the movie. Mickey Rourke does a great job as a transvestite con.
FYI: Edward Bunker has a small part in Reservoir Dogs, I think he was Mr. Black.
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