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Zone 22 by Tig Hague
Book Type: Hardcover
Published: 01 May 2008
Publisher: Michael Joseph
RRP:£16.99
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Review:
Tig Hague's account of his arrest at Sheremetyevo, remand in Moscow, trial and time spent in a Mordovian prison camp is a vivid description of two shockingly different worlds clashing - that of a naive Western European on a business trip and the harshness and brutality of life on the wrong side of the Russian justice system.
Hague was desperately unlucky to be there - he had overlooked the fact that there was a small amount of hashish in his jeans. Then he failed to understand that the corrupt official at the airport wanted a bribe, leading to a search of his clothes, leading to a conviction for drug smuggling and two years of misery and terror.
Zone 22 makes for very compelling reading. The stories are so horrifying that it is impossible to put the book down. He also finishes chapters with a nasty incident or an example of psychological torture by the guards, prompting you to eagerly continue reading to see how he deals with it and what ghastly event will finish the next chapter. Hague also uses very earthy language which makes for a strong effect - quite appropriate to describe the degredation he experienced.
I've spent a long time in Russia, and I was able to empathise with him dealing with Russian bureaucracy, which is designed to be as frustrating as possible. I was also pleased to see him manipulate one of the governors at the end of the book - a character called Zanpolit - indirectly threatening him by claiming the British Embassy were on his case. This really shows up the "authorities" for what they are - corrupt bullyboys.
Hague does mention something very important, which the incredulous reader should bear in mind. The unnecessary brutality, degredation and psychological abuse in the system is due to the poverty and misery of the wretched guards and governors, who are only one rung higher than the convicts. They are desperate to be better than they are, hence the treatment they mete out to the inmates and their lust for Western cigarettes and other luxury items. Another lesson he explains clearly is that it is practically impossible to get out unless you are backed by money. He needed a huge amount of supplies for bribes, brought to him by family and the British Embassy, much of it pilfered by the disgusting guards.
It is this material help from the outside that keeps him going physically, and which also helps him persuade Zanpolit to get him on the parole list. What keeps him going spiritually is hope, constantly dashed by the authorities but fed by his girlfriend who stands by him and even goes to Zone 22 to marry him.
A moving account of an innocent man in a horrible world.
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