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Midnight Express

By: Billy Hayes,William Hoffer
Narrated by: Billy Hayes
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Summary

Midnight Express tells the gut-wrenching true story of a young man's incarceration and escape from a Turkish prison. A classic story of survival and human endurance told with humor, honesty, and heart, it became the Academy Award-winning 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 Hayes' own words, of those five years of living hell and of the harrowing ordeal of his time on the run.  

©1977, 2013 Billy Hayes (P)2017 Billy Hayes

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Everything about this is great.

From start to finish it is superb and clears up inexactitudes in the film with Brad Davis, albeit that film being brilliant, gripping and "unputdownable", it got me through a night when otherwise I would have just laid in bed with insomnia.

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Wow just wow

Amazing listen too greatly read by mr hayes the film was so much different than this like the part at the start where he is with a girl and the the bit in the mental hospital were he lost his mind but in the book he knew what he was doing and didnt have gf at the start 5 stsr

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brilliant

Love the film but the book is so so much better with much more detail

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Exceptional

Absolutely Brilliant. Such an amazing story. What a journey and crazy adventure. Definitely one to read!!

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superb and well read by Billy

Loved it don't understand why the film never just done this story this was better. Glad I bought this and will defo be listening again in the near future. Terrible what he went through.

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This book gets you from the start

A compelling story of a stupid mistake that leads to the greatest suffering and then redemption. I didn’t want this to stop and If Audible had Billy Hayes’ sequel I’d have bought it immediately. Highly recommend.

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Awesome!!

Fantastic listen. Beautifully read and wow, can this man paint a picture! I felt like I was escaping with him! Being able to finally know what was true and what was fiction in the film was fascinating. I know I'll listen to this again and again.

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Much better than the movie

From the very first chapter I could not stop listening. The narrator was very good as was the extremely gripping story. fans of the movie should give this a listen.

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Interesting story !

A well told story of a chance risked.
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True Story.
Harsh time experience told.

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loved the movie , couldn't wait to hear the book

Brilliant true life story , narrative is absorbing! it's a different ending to the movie but a true story of the horror of the Turkish prison and justice system

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