Sentence - Daniel Genis

A Memoir Of A Decade In Prison By A Well-educated Young Addict Known As The Apologetic Bandit In 2003 Daniel Genis, The Son Of A Famous Soviet Migreacute; Writer, Broadcaster, And Culture Critic, Was Fresh Out Of Nyu When He Faced A Serious Heroin Addiction That Led Him Into Debt And Ultimately Crime. After He Was Arrested For Robbing People At Knifepoint, He Was Nicknamed The Apologetic Banditrdquo; In The Press, Given His Habit Of Expressing Regret To His Victims As He Took Their Cash. He Was Sentenced To Twelve Yearsmdash;ten With Good Behavior, A Decade He Survived By Reading 1,046 Books, Taking Up Weightlifting, Having Philosophical Discussions With His Fellow Inmates, Working At A Series Of Prison Jobs, And In General Observing An Existence For Which Nothing In His Life Had Prepared Him.