Midnight Express
Midnight Express by Billy Hayes, published by Sphere in 2008, is a gripping account of Hayes’s harrowing experiences during a tumultuous year in 1970. This edition spans 326 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows Hayes as he attempts to smuggle hashish from Istanbul to America, leading to his arrest and a 30-year sentence in a Turkish prison. The book details the brutality and degradation he faced during his five years of imprisonment, as well as his family’s struggle to secure his release.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of survival and human endurance in Hayes’s own words, as he recounts the squalor of prison life and his eventual daring escape. The story is infused with humor and intelligence, providing insights into the psychological and social aspects of his ordeal. With themes rooted in biography, true crime, and social science, Midnight Express offers a compelling exploration of resilience in the face of adversity.
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For Billy Hayes, 1970 was a horrifying year. It was the year when he tried to smuggle 4lbs of hashish from Istanbul back to his home in America. It was the year when he was arrested at Istanbul airport, tried, and sentenced to 30 years in a Turkish jail.
For five years he suffered the filth, brutality and degradation of imprisonment in an environment of hellish squalor, while his family fought in vain to secure his release. Finally in desperation, he made a daring escape bid and incredibly the bid succeeded.
This is the astounding true story, told in Billy Hayes’s own words, of those five years of living hell and of the harrowing ordeal of his time on the run. Vivid and realistic without being morbid, it is a classic story of survival and human endurance, told with humour, intelligence and total honesty.
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