Books like The Last Executioner

the job demands of a prison executioner. and the pressures of being devoted to the inside life. and the guilt and responsibility of shooting. and the redemption in preisthood, right after. Are there more Buddhist executioners than others? every Buddhist goes their period of monkhood, in their lives, and he goes through this right after his last shooting/execution. (as the last executioner of thailand. ) i enjoyed that he mentiioned the role and nature of tourists (and prison tourists-- young idealists, what he calls, fans of "Dead Man Walking"--which now i want to watch) in this setting. And it seems more open to outsiders ... almost as if they are setting a business of it. And yes, the speciality is it sounding like the tourism industry. the police arresting convicts they can afford. The money that is made on Visting Days, the once in a year days where, families of the prisoners are allowed to interact/picnic with their families without bars in between.i dont know why i am interested in prison life, or why executioners intrigue me. i was glad to be finished with executing. I could now talk about it and write about it. It would not have been appropriate to do so while i was still an executioner in case it looked like i was enjoying it. Plus, who would believe me if i spoke about my depression over killing criminals while continuing to do it?he gives you lunch at his home. if you're an interested enoughvisitor. he loses nothing from giving you a meal and sharing his life with you. you take the experience, but have nothing to give back in return. you dont have to pay. unless you want it to go to the prisoners fund. nothing like meals for prisoners. no not money . hot meals will make them healthier.