Excerpt from A Long Day in a Short LifeInmate 84421, hotel cook and fancy baker, groaned, moved restlessly in his bunk, and awakened. His sleep had been broken by a dream that left him with sweaty hands and a pounding heart. He lay still for a few moments, h0ping to sleep again, but then sighed and opened his eyes. As he saw the steel bars at the front of his cell, he automatically thought to himself, with wretched ness and indignation, But it was an accident, it was self-defense, why couldn't they understand?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.