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"Midnight Express" 1977 HAYES, Billy
$125
HAYES, Billy
[280] pp.
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
1977
First Edition
8 1/2" x 6"
Midnight Express is a 1977 nonfiction book by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer about Hayes' experience as a young American who was sent to a Turkish prison. The US had declared a "War on Drugs" in the early 1970s, and Hayes was made an example of for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey. When his sentence was extended to 30 years, he decided to make his escape.