The Animal Factory: A Novel

In this dark thriller, two inmates become friends in California's San Quentin, a world of violence and paranoia where prisoners struggle to survive.

Basis for the film starring Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, and Mickey Rourke―directed by Steve Buscemi.

Ron Decker is a newbie, a drug dealer whose shot at a short two-year stint in the can is threatened from inside and outside. He's got to keep a spotless record or it's ten to life. But at San Quentin, no man can steer clear of the Brotherhoods, ...