The Profound Benefits of a Stint in Prison
Locked up and lucked out in max security
Published on 30. July 2024
320 pages
978-1-923046-92-4 (ISBN)
Description
Andrew Hamilton thought he had life sorted: beautiful fiancée, a popular pizza restaurant, two beloved dogs and a thriving side business supplying massive quantities of magic mushrooms and LSD to eager Sydneysiders.
Then one night police raided his Surry Hills home and it all came crashing down. Andrew's predicament didn't sink in at first, mainly because he was on a three-day cocaine bender and just wanted to sleep it off. When he was transferred to Parklea Correctional Centre, his prison-inspired existential dilemma began.
The Profound Benefits of a Stint in Prison is a sometimes confronting, more often hilarious insider's view to life inside. Andrew left prison a changed man, determined to turn his life around. This is the story of what happens when max denial collides with the reality of max security.
Then one night police raided his Surry Hills home and it all came crashing down. Andrew's predicament didn't sink in at first, mainly because he was on a three-day cocaine bender and just wanted to sleep it off. When he was transferred to Parklea Correctional Centre, his prison-inspired existential dilemma began.
The Profound Benefits of a Stint in Prison is a sometimes confronting, more often hilarious insider's view to life inside. Andrew left prison a changed man, determined to turn his life around. This is the story of what happens when max denial collides with the reality of max security.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
Australia
File size
1,53 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-923046-92-4 (9781923046924)
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Andrew Hamilton is a stand-up comedian nominated for the Best Newcomer award at the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. After spending fifteen years as a drug dealer, he is now on the straight and narrow following a confronting stay in some of Sydney's most notorious maximum security prisons. The Profound Benefits of a Stint in Prison is his first book.
