Product Description

Charles Bronson is the most feared and the most notorious convict in the prison system. Renowned for serial hostage taking and his rooftop sieges, he is a legend in his own lifetime. Yet behind the crime and the craziness, there is a great deal more to Charlie. He is a man of great warmth and humour; a man of great artistic talent who exhibits his drawings around the country; and a man with an overpowering urge not to let the system get him down. "Insanity" is a look into the mind of a true individual - a wild, inspired, single-minded, fascinating man, oppressed not only by the workings of his singular mind, but also by the system that confines him.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25317 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 335 pages

Customer Reviews

the view from inside
Bronson writes very honestly about his incarceration, and about the madness that caused him to start prison riots, rooftop protests an take guards as hostages.
Bronson talks about being 'ghosted' around the country from prison to prison, and names the prison officers who helped him, and the ones who were mean.
never afraid to speak his mind, Bronson paints a colourful portrait of the inside, and some of the villains who give prison life character.

Prison Life
This book is a true insight into modern prison life and the effects it has on a person. Charles Bronson probably has the best insight on the subject, spending the majority of his time in solitary confinement. In this book he shows a surprising normality and his reasoning on his own incarceration is fascinating. This book is a well explained account of a person who has experienced long term imprisonment; humorous yet disturbing, and it will definitely put you off experiencing a spell in the slammer for life.

LOOK BACK IN ANGER, NAH... RUN AT 'EM
Well, certainly, Mr Bronson has a propensity to lose his head and go off on a one. I was fuelled to buy this book after reading of Bronson on Bronsonmania. Everything said on there is proven by the conetent of this book.

I would not for one minute think Mr Bronson to be some sort of tame animal, caged behind bars to be oggled at by people, but people do oggle and this book allows me to oggle at him as much and as often as I wish.

An easy read, good narrative that would put many TV dramas to shame and a flow that lulled me to think all was well, until I was awakaned from my lull by the weird goings on behind bars and in the asylums. Oh, and I am a woman... so this sort of thing should dismay me, however, I was fascinated. Well worth taking on holiday, if only to help swat the flies.