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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 125
Category: Book
Author: Tig Hague
Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd
Studio: Michael Joseph Ltd
Manufacturer: Michael Joseph Ltd
Label: Michael Joseph Ltd
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 0718153561
EAN: 9780718153564
ASIN: 0718153561
Publication Date: May 1, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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 Compelling story from the gulags May 15, 2008
Excellent book - Tig writes a very compelling account of his terrible ordeal in a Russian gulag. It reads like something from another era and it's shocking to think that this is going on right now. As a previous reviewer has said it makes me glad to be living in Britain (despite the present government!). I hope Tig has a long and happy life now.
best book i have read in ages May 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book on the day it came out after seeing Tig interveiwed on This Morning.Actually seeing the man talk breifly about his experience really caught my imagination and i ordered it on Amazon straight away.Iwas not dissapointed in the slightest and had quickly read five chapters before going into work.When i came home that evening at about 10.15 i found out that my eldest son had seen it lying around and after reading the back cover had been intrigued enough to start readinig the book and was already half way through it.My second eldest son aged 13 also started to read it and needless to say they had both finished it whithin two days.Actually beating me to the finnish.I have of course now finnished reading it.Ihope they make it in to a film with Christian Bale,in my mind being the prime candidate to play Tig.
Vital reading for anyone travelling to the eastern bloc May 11, 2008
This is both a compelling, addictive read and a warning to anyone planning on travelling within the old eastern bloc nations.
The author was astoundingly careless and utterly unprepared for the bribery game and how to play it when he landed in Russia. He was simply too casual about the trip in the first instance and, like the vast majority of humanity, lived by the maxim that horrible things only happen to other people.
By relating his experiences, he is at least extracting a measure of revenge for his absurd treatment at the hands of one of the most corrupt and backward legal systems on earth and at the same time, hopefully receiving some measure of compensation!
I would not, however, let it put me off travelling to Russia. Indeed, I hope to go later this year, and have already been in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, where discreet bribery is the solution for every problem, and while I myself have never had to use bribes, I know someone who has on several occasions at airports in the east, for trifling matters in each instance (e.g. queries about printed e-tickets.) Just know that you may have to bribe someone at the airport or elsewhere at some stage for something that to you may seem utterly petty.
Compelling Reading May 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having been to Russia I found this book all the more interesting. I was shocked to read about the conditions in the prison system in Russia but also astounded by the ability of people such as the author to survive such an environment.
The author gives us an insight into corruption and bribery which begs many questions. One in particular, how those without resources and assets survive such a regime.
Gripping read. May 7, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I could not put this book down! I was shocked at what Tig Hague had to go through in Russia and amazed that places described in the book still exist. The horrifc conditions he was forced to live in/with throughout his terrible ordeal is shocking and unbelieveable. I have read many similar true life stories of drug smuggling and foreigners being imprisoned abroad (Damage done etc...) but this story trully is unbelieveable. A true story of determination, courage and strength that sees Tig Hague return home to his loving family and friends. A gripping read that will leave you shocked...you won't be able to stop reading!
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