4,000 Days: My Life and Survival in a Bangkok Prison

Story that anyone can benefit from hearing.

"THINK ABOUT THE MOST WRETCHED DAY OF YOUR LIFE. MAYBE IT WAS WHEN SOMEBODY YOU LOVED DIED OR WHEN YOU WERE BADLY HURT IN AN ACCIDENT, OR A DAY WHEN YOU WERE SO TERRIFIED, YOU COULD SCARCELY BEAR IT. NOW IMAGINE 4000 SUCH DAYS TOGETHER IN ONE CONTINUOUS CHUNK" . In 1978 Newtown footballer Paul Hayward, William Sinclair, and Warren Fellows was convicted of heroin trafficking between Thailand and Australia. They were sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Bang Kwang prison - better known as the Bangkok Hilton. For the Australian public, Warren Fellow's story ended in 1978. For Fellows, it was the beginning of 12 years of hell in a place where sewer rats and cockroaches are the only nutritious food, where autocratic prison guards giggle as they deliver pulverising blows and where the worst punishment is the khun deo - solitary confinement, Thai style. The Damage Done is one man's story of an unthinkable nightmare. It is not Warren Fellows' plea for forgiveness nor his denial of guilt, but a story of endurance and survival and the abuse of human rights during which Warren speaks with frankness of the decade of life he wasted in leg irons. It is an essential read: hearbreaking, fascinating and impossible to put downIt is a brave and compelling read that poses harrowing questions on the nature of justice.

Of all the "prison" stories I've read, this is by far the best. This book has been hugely popular in Australia for years now, and there's a simple reason why - "The Damage Done" details the most shocking, repulsive, and terrifying story of survival you are ever likely to read. And despite all the gory details, you will find it hard to stop reading. The Author did a TV interview a few years back and he was truly a broken man. Read this amazing book to find out why.

What a coincidence. I was in Bangkok airport doing a little smuggling myself through Sydney. I bought this book for my 8 and a half hour flight to SYD. The book was 870 baht at the DFS which is quite expensive and I have not read for ages. I could not sleep I read the entire book, what a story. This has really made me rethink what I do to make a buck here and there. I plan to visit a prison when I am back in BKK soon.

Fellow's written experience has taken me beyond my human capacity to imagine if I wasn't told. The book was very descript,interesting and well written for a novice reader of prisons,crime and third world differences . I recommend this book to women and men. My son is only 10 years old .I am saving it for when he gets older. Fellows has touched my mind. I can't stop thinking of the book,the characters and the setting. I recommended and will pass the book on ,only to sensitive,well deserving people. It is a fantastic story. Bravo Warren to survive. Its a reader --perserverence,humbleness and integrity is behind every page. I read it in three days.

The author gives the reader an "up close and personal" view of life inside one of the most infamous prisons of the world. He takes responsibility for being there. He paints a vivid picture of the daily life of the inmates. Having worked with men inside Bang Kwang, his descriptions are right on. Anyone who doubts the accuracy needs to visit Bang Kwang and talk to the prisoners. Bang Kwang is not a vacation! Fellows presents a situation that if people would read his work, listen to his warnings and heed his advice they would not have to suffer his plight.