ZEK

Jonny is broken off, and doing time in an eastern Washington State Prison. , He&rsquo,ll likely never see the outside world again. , When Jonny is sent to the hole, he chances upon a deteriorating book. , Intending at first to savor it, to read only a little at a time, he emerges a few short hours later, the book finished--And Jonny changed. , Zek is his story, and it lays bare the brutality of a life spent behind bars. , It is naked. , It is ugly. , And it is beautiful.Arthur Longworth was born in Tacoma, Washington, was state-raised, and entered prison at the age of 21 with a seventh-grade education. , He is widely published and has won numerous awards for his writing, including three National PEN awards. , Completed in 2005, Zek utilizes the literary structure of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn&rsquo,s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich to tell the story of a day in the life of a prisoner in the United States. , It is likely Arthur Longworth&rsquo,s most widely read work, as it has been passed among prisoners and prison guards for over a decade. , Zek is available now for the first time on the outside. ,_,