NY: Penguin Books. Very Good. 1979. Reprint. Paperback. 1.0 X 1.0 X 1.0 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION , name inner cover "MARC FENTY"... ; COVER PHOTO SHOWS 3 MEN INTAN COLORED HOT AIR BALOON, PRISON CELL BARS BACKGROUND. Cover blurb "NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE"... BLACK & WHITE TITLES ON ORANGE SPINE STRIP. 1/2" PENGUIN IN ORANGE OVAL BASE SPINE & RIGHT COVER. ; 286 pages; At once brutal and tender, clear-eyed and rueful, On the Yard presents the penitentiary not as an exotic location, an exception to everyday reality, but as an ordinary place, one every reader will recognize, American to the core. .

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Malcolm Braly (1925–1980) was born in Portland, Oregon. Abandoned by his parents, Braly lived between foster homes and institutions for delinquent children, and by the time he was forty had spent nearly seventeen years in prison for burglary, serving time at Nevada State Prison, San Quentin, and Folsom State Prison. He wrote three novels behind bars, Felony Tank (1961), Shake Him Till He Rattles (1963), and It’s Cold Out There (1966), and upon his release in 1965 began to work on On the Yard . When prison authorities learned of the book they threatened to revoke his parole, and he was forced to complete it in secret. Published in 1967, after Braly’s parole had expired, On the Yard received wide acclaim. It was followed by his autobiography, False Starts: A Memoir of San Quentin and Other Prisons (1976), and a final work of fiction, The Protector (1979). Malcolm Braly enjoyed fifteen years of freedom before his death in a car accident at age fifty-four. Jonathan Lethem is the author of seven novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude . He lives in Brooklyn and in Maine.

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Bookseller: Wonderful Books by Mail (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 130800
Title: ON THE YARD: A NOVEL
Author: BRALY, MALCOLM
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
ISBN 10: 0140044558
ISBN 13: 9780140044553
Publisher: Penguin Books
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1979
Keywords: Prison Story, Escape JAIL, Movie Book, Jailbreak, Hot Air Balloon, Biography

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