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The Killing Wave of Envy
It is a mystery to me how such a book can end up in a prison library.
I am not particularly interested in the adventure that is the subject of “Die tötende Welle” (The Killing Wave). It is the habitat in which it takes place.
The book is set in the Hawaiian Islands. And in the modern 1970s, when Hawaii has long since been the 50th state of the United States of America.
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In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which covers half the globe and is inaccessible to us.
Either the prison librarian is an unread fool who has no idea what this book is about, or he is a sadist who gleefully pricks the remote-yearning of caged readers with his finger.
It is the described attitude to life of an immigrant underwater filmmaker who earns his money in an enviable way with exotic research work, which makes me very envious.
With the ease of a Jim Rockford, he solves a major crime in the middle of weapon-studded Oceania. That's I want to be.
While we are allowed to camp in restricted military areas in the east as long as we don't push a surfboard in the Baltic Sea, “tourists” in the free world fly around in small planes and solve life-threatening criminal cases with scientific backing "Zwischen Frühstück und Gänsebraten” (Between Breakfast and Roast Goose).
I am disgusted when I think of an incident at school. A classmate confused the word “tourist” with “terrorist”.
The class teacher was furious because she saw it as proof that he must have watched Western television, which was simply forbidden at the time.
And now I'm sitting in jail in a country that locks me up for writing a note and wanting to take the train to some city a few hundred kilometers west. What a crazy world.
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By Tommy H. JannotIt is a mystery to me how such a book can end up in a prison library.
I am not particularly interested in the adventure that is the subject of “Die tötende Welle” (The Killing Wave). It is the habitat in which it takes place.
The book is set in the Hawaiian Islands. And in the modern 1970s, when Hawaii has long since been the 50th state of the United States of America.
How To Diaries is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which covers half the globe and is inaccessible to us.
Either the prison librarian is an unread fool who has no idea what this book is about, or he is a sadist who gleefully pricks the remote-yearning of caged readers with his finger.
It is the described attitude to life of an immigrant underwater filmmaker who earns his money in an enviable way with exotic research work, which makes me very envious.
With the ease of a Jim Rockford, he solves a major crime in the middle of weapon-studded Oceania. That's I want to be.
While we are allowed to camp in restricted military areas in the east as long as we don't push a surfboard in the Baltic Sea, “tourists” in the free world fly around in small planes and solve life-threatening criminal cases with scientific backing "Zwischen Frühstück und Gänsebraten” (Between Breakfast and Roast Goose).
I am disgusted when I think of an incident at school. A classmate confused the word “tourist” with “terrorist”.
The class teacher was furious because she saw it as proof that he must have watched Western television, which was simply forbidden at the time.
And now I'm sitting in jail in a country that locks me up for writing a note and wanting to take the train to some city a few hundred kilometers west. What a crazy world.
How To Diaries is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tjannot.substack.com/subscribe