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The Damage Done

Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison

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The Damage Done

By: Warren Fellows
Narrated by: David Tredinnick
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In 1978, Warren Fellows was convicted of heroin trafficking between Thailand and Australia. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Bang Kwang prison - better known as the Bangkok Hilton. It was the beginning of 12 years of hell in a place where sewer rats and cockroaches are the only nutritious food, where prison guards laugh as they deliver pulverising blows, and where the worst punishment is the khun deo - solitary confinement, Thai style.

The Damage Done is one man's story of an unthinkable nightmare. It is not Warren Fellows' plea for forgiveness nor his denial of guilt, but a story of endurance and survival and the abuse of human rights during the decade of a life wasted in leg irons. It is an essential listen: heartbreaking, fascinating, and impossible to pause.

©1997 Warren Fellows (P)2013 Bolinda Publishing
True Crime

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Wow that was a crazy listen

I feel so sorry and saddened for warren this book was something as he said unless you’ve been there so hard to get your head around and cannot fathom the cruelty of there prison systems needs to change it’s disgusting and I’m making my sons listen to this book I think there is so much for everyone one of us to learn 🙏

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A tough life for the crime

It certainly should be a deterrent for anyone considering the path of smuggling drugs in third world countries.
Tough to listen to at times and super well narrated (as all books read by David are...)

I suggest reading some background reports on Warren and his life after returning back to Australia. The impact it had on his son made this story stick more than the book itself did.

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Bit short...

Could definitely do with being a bit longer. Overall a great insight and very interesting.

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One of the best prison books I have read yet

Up there with the likes of rusty young.
Also. The narrator was one of the best I've heard in my mind.

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An honest view of time standing still

Fantastic read. Shows the outcomes of wrong choices anybody could make and some still do. A hard lesson learned by Warren. Thankyou for sharing your story.

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A great cautionary tale - a life lesson for all aspiring drug couriers.

Raw telling of a very real story. There would be less drug couriers recruited if this was required reading in senior high school.

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Good Read

Great book, had to keep listening to the audiobook until the finish, then I usually google to see where the person is now. I see the book made him some money, hr got back into drugs or cocaine and eventually turned to God.

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Excellent on all accounts

A really interesting story, great narration and kept me wanting to hear more every time I had to stop listening.

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Amazing book. Amazing man. Amazing story. Amazing grace! Warren Fellows you are certainly a mighty warrior on the frontline of God's army. God bless you brother. Who the son sets free is free indeed.

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Made you keep listening

I really enjoyed this book. It’d be a really good book for every teenager. Listen to or read this book before they left home. Just give them a little bit of a glimpse. What I could be like if you went down the wrong track . I listened to book through Night Shift in the truck, really enjoyed it.

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