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Curly Brains Press Midnight Express by Billy Hayes William Hoffer
Midnight Express tells the gutwrenching true story of a young mans incarceration and escape from a Turkish prison. A classic story of survival and human endurance told with humor honesty and heart it became a worldwide bestseller and the Academy Awardwinning blockbuster film of the same name. In 1970 Billy Hayes was an English major who left college in search of adventures to write about like his hero Jack London. He had a rude awakening when he was arrested at the airport in Istanbul trying to board a plane while carrying four pounds of hashish and given a life sentence. After five brutal years relentless efforts by his family to gain his release and endless escape plotting Hayes finally took matters into his own hands. On a dark night in a wailing storm he began a desperate and daring escape to freedom. This is the astounding journey told in Billy Hayess own words of those five years of living hell and of the harrowing ordeal of his time on the run.show more