1. LOST INNOCENCE
MICHAEL, an artist locked up for a crime he claims he didn't commit
and John, a self-confessed heroin smuggler, are brought together to survive
in the primitive, over-crowded, hell of a prison infamously known as the
BANGKOK HILTON.
Michael ŀghts for his freedom, while John, resigned to his fate, wants
only to regain his dignity. Michael's grandfather, a once brilliant lawyer,
is brought out of retirement to ŀght a case in a city where justice is bought
and sold to the highest bidder and corruption is not a kink in the system -
it is the system. Running out of time and unable to ŀnd the only witness,
he searches for another way to succeed in this hopeless case.
SIMON PALMER is a screen-play writer
and author who currently resides in Bangkok.
He has spent months researching his debut
novel and visiting the ‘Bangkok Hilton’
where he met Mitchel Blake, an Australian
inmate who was serving a life sentence
for smuggling heroin.
“I picked up Lost Innocence and read over a
hundred pages in one hit. Palmer's writing
is intoxicating, addictive and he writes with
the pace and precision that belies the fact that
this is his ërst novel! I think this is just the start
from a highly talented writer. I can't wait for
tthhee nneexxtt.”
CONRAD JONES,
Best-selling author of Soft Target.