Pete Earley is a storyteller who has penned seventeen books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Hot House and Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. After a fourteen-year career in journalism, including six years at The Washington Post, Earley became a full-time author with a commitment to exposing the stories that entertain and surprise.
“A page-turner, as compelling and evocative as the finest novel.
The best book on prison I’ve ever read.”—Jonathan Kellerman
“Reporting at its very finest.”—Los Angeles Times
“The book is a large act of courage, its subject an important one,
and . . . [Pete] Earley does it justice.”—The Washington Post Book
World
“[A] riveting, fiercely unsentimental book . . . To [Earley’s]
credit, he does not romanticize the keepers or the criminals. His
cool and concise prose style serves him well. . . . This is a gutsy
book.”—Chicago Tribune
“Harrowing . . . an exceptional work of journalism.”—Detroit Free
Press
“If you’re going to read any book about prison, The Hot House is
the one. . . . It is the most realistic, unbuffed account of prison
anywhere in print.”—Kansas City Star
“A superb piece of reporting.”—Tom Clancy
Leavenworth Prison, nicknamed ``the hot house'' because of its lack of ventilation, has the most dangerous inmates and the most repressive conditions in the country. Journalist Earley ( Prophet of Death: The Mormon Blood-Atonement Killings , LJ 11/1/91; Family of Spies , Bantam, 1988) spent two years interviewing the inmates and employees of Leavenworth Prison. Here, he provides portraits of five convicts, two guards, and the warden. Although he includes many poignant facts about life inside this modern-day penal colony, Earley's presentation is uneven, often promising more than it yields. The emphasis is on sensationalism rather than analysis or exposition. While this is an acceptable approach, Earley often fails to give the reader an absorbing story. The episodes are disjointed and do not always add up to the kind of climax one would expect from the material. An optional purchase. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 11/15/91.-- Frances Sandiford, Green Haven Correctional Facility Lib., Stormville, N.Y.
"A page-turner, as compelling and evocative as the finest novel.
The best book on prison I've ever read."-Jonathan
Kellerman
"Reporting at its very finest."-Los Angeles Times
"The book is a large act of courage, its subject an important one,
and . . . [Pete] Earley does it justice."-The Washington Post
Book World
"[A] riveting, fiercely unsentimental book . . . To [Earley's]
credit, he does not romanticize the keepers or the criminals. His
cool and concise prose style serves him well. . . . This is a gutsy
book."-Chicago Tribune
"Harrowing . . . an exceptional work of journalism."-Detroit
Free Press
"If you're going to read any book about prison, The Hot House is
the one. . . . It is the most realistic, unbuffed account of prison
anywhere in print."-Kansas City Star
"A superb piece of reporting."-Tom
Clancy
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