Tales From The Joint is the story of a white, middle-class, college-educated flyboy-turned-drug smuggler’s trek through the Florida prison system. It is a gritty, realistic, uproarious, unsentimental, anatomically correct look at life behind bars.
Most people who’ve never been incarcerated think of prison life as a subculture of violent, psychotic, throat-slitting, gang-raping deviates. But not all inmates are tattooed, muscle-bound psychopaths who strut about the prison yards looking to stick their shanks (or shank their sticks) into someone’s gut. The author introduces you to the real people he met while serving his time including: Ted Bundy, Nate the Pimp, Leroy the Jitterbug, Stuart the Stud, Dangerous Jack, Judge Joe Peel, Little Man Charles, and a host of other Hell’s Angels, Outlaws, rednecks, Aryan Brothers, Mafiosos, groupies, gang bangers, jailhouse lawyers, and dress-up boys.
Anyone who has never been in prison could never hope to capture the subtle emotional swings or comedic farce of day-to-day prison life. Hawkeye Gross has been there, and his book takes you inside the cell block for an up-close-and-personal look at life on the inside of the Graybar Hotel.
