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Andre was slugged into the maximum-security prison in Santa Caterina, a grim fortress which no one had ever escaped. Most inmates in Section A, where Andre was now living, were serving multiple life sentences. “I’m sure they put me in the worst place,” he said.

The Greek was also there. Before long, both the playboys used their wheeler-dealer instincts to cut deals & make life a bit easier. The Greek got a job in the kitchen, and Andre got a sweeper’s work in the library. So, instead of being locked up in his cell for the standard 22 hours a day, Andre was free to walk around the jail from 8 am to 6 pm, wheeling a supermarket cart full of books.

“The rack is really, really huge, 2000 pounds inside the library,” he said, smokey eyes on my face. And I take my supermarket cart, full of books.

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