Warren Fellows, The Damage Done: Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison

One of the best books I've read in a while! There's always something happening in the book which keeps it entertaining the reader. It's quite a brutal read as it is about a prison years ago and they weren't a place people would chose to end up in. The only bad point is that I wish the book was longer. I couldn't put it down!

I was in the same prisons as Warren was and even slept right next to him for many years in same cell. He knows me well and he spread Hiv at the time he was in there by sharing his needles using heroin daily to relieve boredom.

Warren was a nice guy and all but he never received any harsh treatment and I can say first hand he and I lived fairly well. He worked the system to his advantage and got things others could not get. Such as visits daily and food from outside and daily drug use. They called me Dr Frank as I was experienced in intravenous drug use and could inject them better than they could. this job had its perks as being the doctor to all you got a share of there drugs for doctor fees.

Yes I was there from 1975 to 1984 with Warren and his mate a rugby player. When I left through the Kings pardon he was still in there waiting for the Thai prisoner exchange treaty. All I can add to his book is it was a bit exaggerated for sales ploy.

Gary

Best book i have ever read. Very sad. What an eye opener book.

To write this book is courageous in itself. That Warren survived to tell it is huge. Very well written. I wish him all the best.

What an intense book! Amazing tale of desire and will to survive. Thailand is a beautiful place but clearly has some deficiencies as well. I really enjoyed this book overall.

Just finished reading this today. The book was refreshingly written in the fact that everything was straight to the point about what actually happened there. Lots of books in this vain tend towards long sections of feelings of self pity but Fellows was much more intent on letting readers know the injustice done there as a whole, not just to him. The idea that he himself felt deserving of sentencing of his crime, but this was just too much for any man, really rang true in the writing. I really think books like this can help raise awareness of human rights abuse happening in small corners of the world many of us never really think about.

I read this book in one afternoon, not being able to put it down! Human beings are so resilient, and I never fail to be amazed at what we can survive. I understand that drug trafficking is wrong in so many ways, but the inhumanity of the treatment dished out to inmates was in my opinion of far greater immorality than the original crime. This story blew me away, and I wish Warren Fellows all the luck and love in the world.

i was in thailand bought this book of warren fellows.i read this book in 3 days i was liks shocked about all.to let you know i was in bangkok airport reading and this book was describing exactly the image of a policeman in there how hard thy are. i looked up and saw a policeman looking at me while i was reading i was so scared at tht moment tht i closed the book and put it back to place.warren fellows was so real and honest tht i felt very sorry wht he passed through.good book to have too much to read and to learn.i wanted to know about warren fellows how he lives now or else if hes a healthy man or not .

i thought the book was brilliant . scary as hell to think a human would have to endure such harsh treatment in any country . i thought mr.fellows was honest ans straight forward . i am going to thailand soon to get married , i will bring this book as my travel guide .

i like to share my admiration to mr. fellows for surviving that hell , im sorry for his losses , hardships .. and wish him all the best for the rest of his life . thank you for you story . C. KELLY ( REPUBLIC OF IRELAND )

Everything was so different in the 1970's. Being from this era I recognise alot of the 'old school' ways while reading Warren's book. What a kick in the guts story and a story I found hard to stop reading. Brutal honest cruel but in my opinion Warren was subjected to 'overkill' in his sentencing and the Thai justice system is and was a bloody joke. Brilliant book. An In ya face read. Bless you dude you came home. All the best with everything. xoxoxox Ngaire Martin