This may not be a prison, and it may not purgatory, but it's sure as hell not a paradise either...
Imagine a place populated by criminals - people plucked from their lives, with their memories altered, who've been granted new identities and a second chance.
Adam Sternbergh is the culture editor of
New York magazine.
Formerly the culture editor for the
New York Times Magazine, his writing has been featured in several other publications including
GQ,
The Times, and on the radio program
This American Life. He lives in Brooklyn.