Publisher's Synopsis
James Tooley travelled to remote villages and slums in developing countries to track something that many regarded as mythical: private schools serving the poor. After Tooley arrives back in India, the state decides it is time to exact revenge, it was time for payback; he was arrested and thrown in prison. Conditions in the Indian prison was dire. Throughout the experience, he realised, day by day, how the rule of law is fundamental to the workings of a good society. He sees how the human spirit, amongst even those wrongfully imprisoned, can soar above the brutality and tyranny of those in authority.
