PRISON HOUSE by King, John - 2005

Vintage, 2005. Very Good+. In this contemporary Midnight Express, a young English traveller is locked up in a Greek jail for a crime he did not commit. Seven Towers is another name for Hell: a prison where squalor and fear are endemic and where the barbarism of the warders is more than matched by that of the inmates. A nightmare interspersed with memories of childhood and his past journeys, The Prison House is as much about one man's indomitable will to survive as it is about the capacity for evil. As such, it is a moving testament to the human spirit and its ability -- against the odds -- to hold on to hope and the idea of love.