Streetwise is an eye-opening collection of short stories, all written by inmates of Ireland's Midlands Prison. While street crime and the country's prison crisis continue to escalate, this book shows that criminals are more than just statistics and gives a true representation of life on their side of the fence.

The writers of these stories draw on their own experiences and involvement in crime to reveal what is really happening on the streets. They give an insight into the minds of criminals and describe the motives and circumstances behind their actions.

Meet Chang, who started joyriding at eight years old and was infamous among police and legendary among fellow law-breakers by the age of twelve; Mucka, a once saintly schoolboy who was abandoned by both his family and society so took to robbing as a form of revenge; PJ, man of the house and breadwinner at eleven, alcoholic by twelve; and Tommy, who robbed a farmers' co-op of a million euros and soon found the local wing of the IRA knocking on his door.

An exhilarating, emotional roller-coaster, Streetwise contains frank accounts from those who have succumbed to crime through boredom, poverty or desperation. It shows how men from different backgrounds have fallen into similar crime traps and what has finally placed them on the path to redemption.

All profits from royalties on this book will be donated to four children's hospitals in Ireland, chosen by the authors - Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin; Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin; Cork University Hospital - children's unit; and Limerick Regional Hospital -children's unit.

Neville Thompson was born in Dublin, where he still lives, and is a writer and part-time prison teacher. He is the author of three novels: Jackie Loves Johnser OK?, Two Birds/One Stoned and Have Ye No Homes To Go To

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