An Unlikely Prisoner: How an eternal optimist found hope in Myanmar’s most notorious jail

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Sean Turnell’s “An Unlikely Prisoner” offers a gripping account of his 650-day wrongful imprisonment in Myanmar’s notorious Insein Prison on trumped-up spy charges. Turnell, an “impossibly cheerful professor of economics” previously unused to confrontation, vividly describes his ordeal in one of Southeast Asia’s most terrifying facilities. The book powerfully details not only how he survived his lengthy ordeal but also emerged with his humor, spirit, and love intact. This is a story of resilience and unexpected fortitude amidst extreme adversity.