Biteback Publishing are pleased to announce the publication of “Prisonomics” by Vicky Pryce. The book will be published in hardback in early September at £16.99. The book is emphatically not a full memoir, but draws upon diaries Vicky has kept during her period in prison. Using a similar style to her previous book “Greekonomics”, it will be a very personal book examining prison life, but also a hardhitting economic analysis of the cost to the economy of keeping women in prison.
Biteback MD Iain Dale has acquired world rights and comments: “I have known Vicky for a long time and published her previous book, “Greekonomics”, which has sold very well. Vicky is very clear on what this book is and what it isn’t, and so am I. She has a unique perspective on the judicial process and how prison works, or doesn’t, and her book will, I am sure, be a compelling read. I am delighted to be publishing it.”
Vicky Pryce comments: “I am pleased Biteback will again be publishing a book of mine. I kept a diary while in prison and I have some strong views on how the prison system works, especially with regard to how it treats women. I will use personal experience to back up my arguments but I must be clear that this book is more than a memoir – it will analyse how prison works, and should work, very much from an economic perspective.”