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Hole: Kidnapped in Georgia
In June 2002, Peter Shaw, a banker from Wales, was brutally kidnapped by a pseudo-military organisation in a busy suburb of Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, in eastern Europe. Hole is the account of his five month captivity and subsequent 'escape' in November 2002.
Peter's story focuses on how he managed to endure the physical and mental torture inflicted upon him by his captors, particularly during a period of 141 days when he was held in appalling conditions, chained by the neck in a tiny cell three metres underground, unlit, cold, wet and isolated.
Peter's story focuses on how he managed to endure the physical and mental torture inflicted upon him by his captors, particularly during a period of 141 days when he was held in appalling conditions, chained by the neck in a tiny cell three metres underground, unlit, cold, wet and isolated.
- GenresMemoir
260 pages, Paperback
First published October 30, 2006
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October 2, 2017
Intellectually stimulating, fast paced and editing
After meeting Peters Shaws son Danny as mentioned in his book, I was inspired by the story he told of his father's kidnapping.
I was fervently captivated by a very intellectually stimulating style of literacy. It is to be noted, his Welsh accent is prominent in this vocabulary builder of a book.
Mr Shaw tells of the severe tribulation and traumatic experiences he underwent, in a strikingly positive way with splashes of humour intermittently boosting up the execrable acts of his gaolors and the uncertain reality of the events.
I'm going to say it, best book I've read this year. There may possibly be an element of Welsh positive bias in that statement. But I said it. When a man in desperate times, acts out on impulse and belts out Welsh songs to simmer his mood swings, you just know you can relate!
After meeting Peters Shaws son Danny as mentioned in his book, I was inspired by the story he told of his father's kidnapping.
I was fervently captivated by a very intellectually stimulating style of literacy. It is to be noted, his Welsh accent is prominent in this vocabulary builder of a book.
Mr Shaw tells of the severe tribulation and traumatic experiences he underwent, in a strikingly positive way with splashes of humour intermittently boosting up the execrable acts of his gaolors and the uncertain reality of the events.
I'm going to say it, best book I've read this year. There may possibly be an element of Welsh positive bias in that statement. But I said it. When a man in desperate times, acts out on impulse and belts out Welsh songs to simmer his mood swings, you just know you can relate!
November 27, 2013
Amazing book, could not put it down, every twist and turn with a hint of dark humor that does not mask the horrors that this Welsh hero went through. I thoroughly recommend this book - The 'storyline' as good as any hollywood movie that you're likely to see but what makes this all the more readable is that this actually happened.
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