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Life in prison is the subject of Braly's 1967 classic On the Yard, now back in print with an introduction by Jonathan Lethem. Braly, who wrote the book while doing time in San Quentin, has an uncommon ear for the rhythms of big house speech. The expertly drawn ensemble cast and institutional insight may remind readers of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest Braly does for prisons what Kesey did for the insane asylum.

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"An excellent book that has in both its subjective and objective observations the complicated carillon peal of truth." -- The New Yorker

"Surely the great American prison novel." -- Kurt Vonnegut
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  • Paperback: 376 pages
  • Publisher: NYRB Classics (January 31, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 094032296X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0940322967
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #659,409 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars a lost masterpiece, February 12, 2007
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The NYRB lost classics series strikes gold again-- a rich, masterful, deeply authentic journey through prison life in the 1960s. With arresting imagery, and captivating characterization, Braly, himself a long-time con, leads us on a labyrinthine tour of the world behind the walls. His powers of empathy render every character as a tormeted, struggling, human soul.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Do not read Lethem's Introduction until AFTER you've read the book, September 11, 2008
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A great work. Do yourself a favor---save Lethem's introduction for an epilogue. He gives details of the plot that, in my opinion, would have changed the way this great prison novel reads.

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5.0 out of 5 stars forget raymond chandler & jim thompson. this is the real deal., August 18, 2007
on the back of my copy there is a blurb from kurt vonnegut jr that says this is "surely the great american prison novel." well, i haven't read a whole lot of prison literature, but i would love to find another book of this kind and calibur. "on the yard" soars with a strong narrative drive and a large cast of interesting & fully developed characters. in my life's reading, edward bunker's memoir "education of a felon" is the only comparable peer that this book has in american crime writing. great stuff. i now very much look forward to reading mr braly's memoir "false starts."
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