The book is set in 1971 and discusses the author’s life behind bars. Before prison, Gantos dreamed of becoming a writer and was inspired by William S. Burroughs, who used drugs to get through his life as a writer. After dropping out of university in Saint Croix, Gantos began using hashish and later joined the sail team.[3] There, he became friends with two other men named Hamilton and Rik, the latter of whom promised Gantos $10,000 to sail with him from the Virgin Islands to New York City to sell hash. Gantos accepted the offer and, upon arriving to New York and settling into a hotel, he and his friends were captured by the FBI. Gantos and his co-conspirators all received prison sentences that varied in length from 5 to 20 years for drug trafficking. Gantos was originally sentenced to five years, but was released on good behavior after only serving 15 months of his sentence.[4] While in prison, he worked as an X-ray technician and wrote his thoughts in a journal on a copy of The Brothers Karamazov. Before leaving prison, Gantos applied to a university creative writing program, and he would later begin a new life by selling Christmas trees.
^Gray, Keith (February 12, 2005). "Review: Hole in My Life". The Guardian. from the original on September 17, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
^Bodett, Tom (May 19, 2002). "Children'S Books; Portrait of the Artist as a Young Convict". The New York Times. from the original on November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
^"Hole in My Life". Kirkus Reviews. May 20, 2010. from the original on November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
^"Hole in My Life". Publishers Weekly. February 25, 2002. from the original on November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
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hole, life, american, autobiography, jack, gantos, published, macmillan, publishers, 2002, 2003, book, honored, with, michael, printz, award, same, year, became, winner, robert, sibert, medal, first, editionauthorjack, gantosgenreautobiographypublisherfarrar, . Hole in My Life is an American autobiography of Jack Gantos and was published by Macmillan Publishers in 2002 In 2003 the book was honored with the Michael L Printz Award 1 and the same year became a winner of the Robert F Sibert Medal 2 Hole in My LifeFirst editionAuthorJack GantosGenreAutobiographyPublisherFarrar Straus and Giroux Macmillan PublishersPublication date2002Pages224ISBN0312641575OCLC60416727LC Class2001040957 Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 3 References 4 External linksPlot EditThe book is set in 1971 and discusses the author s life behind bars Before prison Gantos dreamed of becoming a writer and was inspired by William S Burroughs who used drugs to get through his life as a writer After dropping out of university in Saint Croix Gantos began using hashish and later joined the sail team 3 There he became friends with two other men named Hamilton and Rik the latter of whom promised Gantos 10 000 to sail with him from the Virgin Islands to New York City to sell hash Gantos accepted the offer and upon arriving to New York and settling into a hotel he and his friends were captured by the FBI Gantos and his co conspirators all received prison sentences that varied in length from 5 to 20 years for drug trafficking Gantos was originally sentenced to five years but was released on good behavior after only serving 15 months of his sentence 4 While in prison he worked as an X ray technician and wrote his thoughts in a journal on a copy of The Brothers Karamazov Before leaving prison Gantos applied to a university creative writing program and he would later begin a new life by selling Christmas trees Reception EditThe book received positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews 5 and Publishers Weekly 6 References Edit Michael L Printz Winners and Honor Books Young Adult Library Services Association Archived from the original on October 6 2014 Retrieved November 24 2014 Robert F Sibert Medal and Honor Books 2001 present Association for Library Service to Children Archived from the original on July 22 2014 Retrieved November 24 2014 Gray Keith February 12 2005 Review Hole in My Life The Guardian Archived from the original on September 17 2014 Retrieved November 24 2014 Bodett Tom May 19 2002 Children S Books Portrait of the Artist as a Young Convict The New York Times Archived from the original on November 24 2014 Retrieved November 24 2014 Hole in My Life Kirkus Reviews May 20 2010 Archived from the original on November 24 2014 Retrieved November 24 2014 Hole in My Life Publishers Weekly February 25 2002 Archived from the original on November 24 2014 Retrieved November 24 2014 External links EditOfficial website This article about a memoir is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hole in My Life amp oldid 1083382707, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
