The Animal Factory [Paperback]

"Edward Bunker's work possesses integrity, craftsmanship and moral passion...an artist with a unique and compelling voice - a vigorous and important writer."

"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 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Ronald Decker, guilty of a first offence, mi nor drug dealing charge is put away in San Quentin where he is befriended by Earl Copen. Their growing friendship is tes ted when Ron''s rejection of a homosexual advance leads to a fatality. '

Drawing on a lifetime's experience of the sordid, horrifically violent world of America's prisons, Edward Bunker's novel The Animal Factory tells a tale of two convicts. Ronald Decker, guilty of a minor drug dealing charge, is put away in San Quentin. Earl Copen takes it upon himself to instruct the younger man in the brutal protocol of San Quentin and the strategies essential for survival. Their growing friendship is tested when Ron's rejection of a homosexual advance by another con leads to an act of fatal violence, and they sieze upon a remote chance of escape. The Animal Factory is the ultimate prison novel.

Edward Bunker spent 30 years in and out of prison. More recently he played Mr Blue in the film Reservoir Dogs.