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In the Labyrinth
Prisoner 6413 was arrested 'by mistake', imprisoned to complete a consignment, and eventually convicted for his omissions — his lack of concern. He was once the prosperous owner of a manufacturing business in the German community of pre-war Czechoslovakia. He had thought himself a proud patriot; the war brought him good business.
Based firmly on fact, John David Morley's narrative is an astonishing portrait of a man, not necessarily innocent by absolute standards, whose major crime was living in the wrong place in a time of shifting allegiances and shifting borders. It takes us steadily through the passages of power and into the catacombs of conscience, guilt and possibility. In the great tradition of Darkness at Noon, In the Labyrinth is a classic of prison literature.
Based firmly on fact, John David Morley's narrative is an astonishing portrait of a man, not necessarily innocent by absolute standards, whose major crime was living in the wrong place in a time of shifting allegiances and shifting borders. It takes us steadily through the passages of power and into the catacombs of conscience, guilt and possibility. In the great tradition of Darkness at Noon, In the Labyrinth is a classic of prison literature.
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212 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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April 6, 2014
Like a Fallada homage.
April 9, 2014
Read it back in my final year of high school. Bloody brilliant stuff. It's stayed with me all this time, but I could never remember the name! Only recently rediscovered it, and can't wait to reread it. Highly recommended.
April 7, 2016
Czechoslovakia, wrongful imprisonment, political prisoners, post-World War II
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