On July 19, 2001, Jeffrey Archer--international bestselling author, now known as Prisoner FF 8282--was sentenced to four years in prison and spent the first twenty-two days in HMP Belmarsh, a high-security prison that houses some of Britain's most violent criminals. During those three weeks, Archer contemplates suicide; he's moved to the lifer's wing because it's the only place with enough security to protect him, his cellmate sells a story to the tabloids, prompting Archer's move to solitary; and prisoners and guards routinely line up outside his cell to ask him to sign books. "A Prison Diary is his fascinating account of these events.

Gruesome, touching, sharply written...the best thing Archer has written in years.