{"product_id":"2940170009763","title":"No Beast So Fierce","description":"The basis for the film \u003ci\u003eStraight Time\u003c\/i\u003e, this compelling novel, first published in 1973 and written by a man who had spent most of his life in prison, is the story of an ex-con¿s attempt to negotiate the straight world¿and his swan dive back into the paradoxical security of crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter eight years spent locked up, Max has gotten very good at being a prisoner. He knows the guards, the inmates, and how to survive. But the parole board has decided that he has sufficiently reformed, and it¿s time for him to say goodbye. When Max reaches the outside world, he finds that freedom doesn¿t make anything easier. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on his own experiences in prison, Edward Bunker first drafted \u003ci\u003eNo Beast So Fierce\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1950s, while incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison. He spent the next two decades in and out of jail, writing essays for various magazines and working on the novel, which was finally published in 1973. Eighteen months later, the book was used as evidence that he was fit to leave jail. He received parole, and spent the rest of his life a free man.","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114901127408,"sku":"2940170009763","price":18.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170009763_p0.jpg?v=1763698935","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170009763","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}