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The Choice: The Gayton McKenzie Story
This is the extraordinary story of a man who led one of the biggest prison exposes in the world. Four prisoners risked their lives to catch wardens on film supplying drugs and alcohol, pimping young inmates to older prisoners, and even giving prisoners a loaded pistol to use in an escape.
The man behind the expose, however, a hardened prison gangster, was possibly the least likely to have ever wanted to do it. He ruled prison and knows its secret anatomy. Though he is well known for his inspirational talks, his story and the shocking facts of prison life, are told now, in bald truth, for the first time. Take a journey with a man who was ready to leave jail and continue his life of irrepressible crime when he saw something so jarring and horrific, that even someone who had seen as much as he had, and who was barely capable of caring anymore, was changed. By turns shocking, poetic, hilarious, insightful and heartbreaking, this is the compelling account of someone who represents personal change and the inspiring changes that have occurred during his lifetime in his country. Make a choice to read it and be inspired.
The man behind the expose, however, a hardened prison gangster, was possibly the least likely to have ever wanted to do it. He ruled prison and knows its secret anatomy. Though he is well known for his inspirational talks, his story and the shocking facts of prison life, are told now, in bald truth, for the first time. Take a journey with a man who was ready to leave jail and continue his life of irrepressible crime when he saw something so jarring and horrific, that even someone who had seen as much as he had, and who was barely capable of caring anymore, was changed. By turns shocking, poetic, hilarious, insightful and heartbreaking, this is the compelling account of someone who represents personal change and the inspiring changes that have occurred during his lifetime in his country. Make a choice to read it and be inspired.
259 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2007
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About the author
Charles Cilliers
6 books10 followersCharles Cilliers was born in 1979 and wrote his first novel when he was 18. The gods, in their wisdom, made his hard drive crash so no one would ever have to read it - and then made sure he was sent to do a master's degree in creative writing at UCT, which involved creating a story about a bunch of people who all dream about being murdered by the same serial killer. The gods allowed that story to survive.
After that, he published his first book, a true story about Gayton McKenzie, a hardened gangster who'd spent 10 years in prison. He has since written other books and has had short fiction published in Something Wicked, Bookly and online soon Wordsmack Publishers. He currently works as books editor at City Press in Johannesburg, where he's paid for his efforts, for the most part, in free books. The rest of the time, he's a subeditor, for which he's paid in money.
His most recent work, the short story A Grain of Sand, has recently been published on Amazon Kindle and follows a brilliant mathematician as he fulfils his most gruesome destiny.
After that, he published his first book, a true story about Gayton McKenzie, a hardened gangster who'd spent 10 years in prison. He has since written other books and has had short fiction published in Something Wicked, Bookly and online soon Wordsmack Publishers. He currently works as books editor at City Press in Johannesburg, where he's paid for his efforts, for the most part, in free books. The rest of the time, he's a subeditor, for which he's paid in money.
His most recent work, the short story A Grain of Sand, has recently been published on Amazon Kindle and follows a brilliant mathematician as he fulfils his most gruesome destiny.
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February 12, 2017
Gayton McKenzie's The Choice is a chilling story about the life of the man that grew up surrounded by crime.
Perhaps the book's most entertaining content are the prison stories he tells, from how prison gangs operate to the realities of rape behind bars and corrupt wardens.
he book begins with Gayton's choice to embrace crime, climaxes with his experiences while serving a ten-year jail term and concludes with his decision to repent and change his criminal ways.
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Perhaps the book's most entertaining content are the prison stories he tells, from how prison gangs operate to the realities of rape behind bars and corrupt wardens.
he book begins with Gayton's choice to embrace crime, climaxes with his experiences while serving a ten-year jail term and concludes with his decision to repent and change his criminal ways.
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July 3, 2019
Inspiring read.
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Terrifying ..
March 24, 2013
Highly unusual story from a seasoned story teller.
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April 27, 20142006 - Amazing story of rising above adversity. April 2014.. Has it always been about fame and personal wealth?
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November 18, 2010A real eye opener
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