nineteenth-century New South Wales was actually a precursor to Stalin’s Gulag Archipelago." In popular culture The book is featured in the Netflix TV series, Marvel's The Punisher, in the episode titled "My Brother's Keeper". One of the main characters, Amy (Giorgia Whigham), is seen reading it. U.S. comedian Doug Stanhope has mentioned the book numerous times during interviews. Notably during The Joe Rogan Experience podcast #1144 (@56 minutes), where he comments on the number of pages and remarks on the level of brutality ever present in Australia’s convict past. References External links TIME magazine list of top 100 best non-fiction books in 2011 since 1923 when Time was first published Books about Australian history 1987 non-fiction books