Whisper

Abstract

Notes, jottings and writings smuggled out of a British prison have been fused into this book, or as it is better described by Timothy Leary; this 'whispered manuscript'. One of the authors, Brian Barritt, was sentenced to 'four years' meditation' for attempting to bring four pounds of hashish through H.M. Customs in 1966, and on his release from prison, with the help of David Ball, he put the smuggled material together to form this personal journal. It is difficult to attach a label to this work. It is probably closest to the writings of Jean Genet, William Burroughs or Allen Ginsberg but the similarity is in style not impact. Events in the book are not limited to prison but flow backwards in time to the arrest and an earlier journey to the East. The time flow cuts across the past and present in a stream-of-consciousness manner. The journey appears to the author