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  • The Damage Done

  • Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison
  • By: Warren Fellows
  • Narrated by: David Tredinnick
  • Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (478 ratings)
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The Damage Done

By: Warren Fellows
Narrated by: David Tredinnick
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Summary

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 Pty Ltd

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well worth a listen

this is a book that is so worth listening/reading, I first read it a good few years ago while on a flight to Thailand and just got it for my iphone to listen to in work and found it just as intense this time as I did the first,
its not a look at me and feel sorry for me story, its a man explaining his stupidity for greed in younger years that pays the ultimate price. hopefully it has made someone thinks twice before doing the same thing if they read it.

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great eye opening

I have this book on paperback... i have read it at least 3/4 times and listening to it on audible makes it even better... will definitely recommend this

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Could not stop listening

Where does The Damage Done rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is one of those books where I struggled getting into work on time. I sat in the car dreading to pause it as I did not want to stop listening. There is only one other book so far that has captured me in such a way. Absolutely brilliant book.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Warren Fellows tells is story of being holed up in Bangkok Prisons. Quite rightly he was convicted of smuggling heroin. However, no human being should suffer in such a way and whilst he doesn't plead pity and takes full responsibility you can't help feeling some pity as he reveals a harrowing account of what he saw happen to others, the filth and excrement they lived in, the murders, the insanity and appalling conditions over all.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

All of it.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Oh yes!

Any additional comments?

Definitely would recommend a listen.

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Truly horrific and spin chilling

From the moment I started listening to this book ,I could not get the dreadful stark images from my head, an incredible story told in such a way as to keep you thoughly engrossed and just wanting the hell to finish for this unfortunate guy .
A truly good read.....

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Complete pity-party!!

Most people will read this book to hear tales of nightmare Bangkok prison - sort of punishment-porn - however this book is overwhelmingly just one big pity-party!! As an example, Fellows laments that someone took away his chance to enjoy his father’s last few years of life and denied him the ability to attend his funeral. But it wasn’t “someone”, it was Fellows, he just can’t accept what he did was his choice and he deserved the punishment he got as is the way of the Thai prison system!

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Excellent book


Very vivid story of prison life in Thailand, nor for the faint hearted. Really enjoyed it

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Gripping story

Would you consider the audio edition of The Damage Done to be better than the print version?

I have read the book and found the audible version better because I felt connected to the character

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Brilliant every thing about this book well worth the money and will be listening to it again

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great

a very interesting listen, it makes you wonder just what the human body can endure.

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Makes Midnight Express look like a Picnic

Wow. What a book. It would be nice to listen to this in one session, but the contents are so horrific you need to put it down and escape back to reality for a while. The brutal regime that Fellows lived under for 12 years is beyond imaginable... and the prison guards are the worst culprits. Murder and disfiguring beatings are inflicted on the prisoners on a regular basis and both mental and physical torture are rife. This is life at its most feral

A true eye opener and this should be compulsive reading for anyone looking to make a quick buck out of drug smuggling.

Truly horrific

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